Sec. 2. Definitions
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In this Act: The term civil service has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code. The term Executive agency has the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. The term fellowship means a short-term position (other than a post-fellowship service requirement) that— is not less than one year and not more than two year in length, or such other period as determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for the purposes of this paragraph; and is intended to provide the recipient with work experience with an Executive agency that is designed to prepare such recipient for potential permanent employment with an Executive agency.
The term fellow means an individual who receives a fellowship. The term fellowship program means any sponsoring agency program or operation that recruits fellows and administers fellowships in the Federal Government. The term intern means an individual serving in an internship. Interns employed by third-party internship providers and placed in Executive agencies may, to the extent permitted by law or regulation, be treated as participants in any federally sponsored internship programs.
The term internship means a short-term position (other than a post-fellowship service requirement) for an individual enrolled in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution, or the Job Corps program, that is not less than one year and not more than two years in length (or such other period as determined appropriate by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for the purposes of this paragraph), designed to prepare such individual for potential permanent employment with an Executive agency, and offered under an internship program.
Interns at Executive agencies who are supported or administered by third-party internship providers may, to the extent permitted by law and regulations, be treated as participants in any federally sponsored internship program. The term internship program has the meaning given that term in section 3111a(c)(1) of title 5, United States Code. The term Job Corps means the Job Corps program authorized under section 143 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3193 et seq. ).
The term mission-critical skill means a skill or set of skills that are critical to effectively carrying out the mission of an Executive agency, as determined by the head of such Executive agency in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States. The term mission-critical skill gap means a shortage of mission-critical skills causing, or that poses a risk of causing, a substantial detrimental effect on the ability of an Executive agency to effectively carry out the mission of such Executive agency in a manner that is cost effective, as determined by the head of such Executive agency in consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States.
The term scholarship means financial support— paid by an Executive agency towards— the cost of an individual to attend either a course of study leading to a credential that help reduce or eliminate a mission-critical skill gap or another program that requires the student to demonstrate an interest in or agreement to pursue a career in public service at an institution of higher education that is authorized to participate in a Federal student aid program under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq. ); or financial support paid by a Executive agency towards the cost of an individual to procure private instruction in a mission-critical skill; and which may be paid directly to— the individual whose costs the scholarship is intended to pay; or the institutions of higher education in which such individual is enrolled.
The term sponsoring agency means any entity of the executive branch of the United States Government, including any Executive agency, any component of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and any other agency (as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code), that administers a fellowship or scholarship, or internship program.
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