[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6584 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6584
To amend title 10, United States Code, to strengthen and enhance the
Department of Defense cyber workforce, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to strengthen and enhance the
Department of Defense cyber workforce, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Talent Development and
Recruitment Act''.
SEC. 2. CYBER WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
Section 1599f of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)--
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
and
(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
``(iv) positions held in combatant
commands, defense agencies, and field
activities supporting the United States Cyber
Command; and
``(v) up to 500 positions not otherwise
described in clauses (i) through (iv) that the
Secretary determines are hard-to-fill, highly
skilled positions critical to cyberspace
planning and operations in defense of, and
which advance, U.S. national interests in
collaboration with domestic and international
partners.'';
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
``(b) Rates of Pay.--The Secretary--
``(1) consistent with paragraph (2), shall fix the rates of
basic pay for employees appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B)--
``(A) with a rate of pay provided for employees in
comparable positions in the Federal Government; and
``(B) subject to the same limitations on maximum
rates of pay established for such employees by statute
or regulation; and
``(2) may prescribe a rate of basic pay for such an
employee so appointed at a rate not to exceed a rate equal to
150 percent of the maximum rate of basic pay authorized for
positions at level I of the Executive Schedule under section
5312 of title 5.''; and
(3) in subsection (h)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``five years
after the date of the enactment of this section'' and
inserting ``three years after the date of the enactment
of the Cyber Talent Development and Recruitment Act'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2)(D), by adding at the end the
following:
``(vii) The total number of positions, the
title, duties, and responsibilities of each
position, and the location of each position,
including the assigned department, agency,
command, and cost of establishing, appointing,
and paying the salary of such positions.
``(viii) A description of--
``(I) how the Department has used
the pay authorities in subsection (b);
and
``(II) the effect of such
authorities on recruitment and
retention in the Cyber Excepted
Service.''.
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