[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1632 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1632

  To provide for greater defense workforce integration, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2025

 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. 
King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for greater defense workforce integration, 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 ``Defense Workforce Integration Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. INTEGRATION OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN HIRING PROCESSES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretaries concerned shall establish a pathway for medically 
disqualified entry-level service members to enter civilian positions 
for which they are qualified in the Department of Defense or any of its 
components.
    (b) Air Force DRIVE Program.--The Air Force's Develop, 
Redistribute, Improve, Vault, Expose (DRIVE) program shall be 
considered sufficient to meet the requirements of subsection (a) and 
may, but need not, serve as a baseline from which the other military 
departments design their programs.
    (c) Entry-Level Service Member Defined.--In this section, the term 
``entry-level service member'' means a regular or reserve member of the 
Armed Forces who is currently attending or has military orders to 
attend within 90 days--
            (1) basic training;
            (2) a technical school of the Armed Forces;
            (3) a service academy;
            (4) the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC); or
            (5) an officer accession program, including officer 
        candidate school, officer training school, officer development 
        school, or equivalent program.

SEC. 3. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEFENSE 
              INDUSTRIAL BASE TO PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR MILITARY 
              SERVICE.

    Chapter 50 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section:
``Sec. 996. Provision of information on career opportunities in the 
              defense industrial base to persons medically disqualified 
              for military service
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish and 
implement a program to provide individuals who are not medically 
qualified for military service with information on employment 
opportunities in the defense industrial base or other employment 
opportunities in support of the national interests of the United 
States.
    ``(b) Program.--The program established under subsection (a) shall 
inform and refer persons described in subsection (a) to employment, 
apprenticeship, and training opportunities in--
            ``(1) the defense industrial base;
            ``(2) cybersecurity or intelligence support roles;
            ``(3) research and development in defense technologies;
            ``(4) national emergency and disaster preparedness; or
            ``(5) any other non-military opportunity the Secretary 
        considers in the national interests of the United States.
    ``(c) Collaboration.--The Secretary of Defense shall consult with 
entities in the defense industrial base, other Federal agencies, and 
academic institutions to carry out this section.''.

SEC. 4. PROVISION TO NAVY PERSONNEL OF INFORMATION ON CAREER 
              OPPORTUNITIES AT MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND.

    The Secretary of the Navy shall provide information about career 
opportunities at Military Sealift Command and workforce training 
programs for shipbuilders to all Navy personnel as part of the 
Transition Assistance Program process.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
describing implementation of the requirements under sections 2 and 4 of 
this Act and section 996 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
section 3 of this Act.
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