Sec. 3. Federal internship and fellowship center
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The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall establish and maintain a Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center to administer, manage, and promote all Government fellowship and internship programs within the executive branch to attract individuals to serve in the Federal Government in a civilian capacity and to facilitate the potential entry of those individuals into the civil service. The Chief Human Capital Officers Council shall provide strategic guidance to, and facilitate interagency cooperation with, the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center to help such head more effectively— identify and attract interns to the civil service; and recruit and hire interns who successfully complete internships into the civil service.
The Director shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to implement and manage the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center, including the regulations described in section 11(d). The head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center shall do the following: Establish, maintain, and operate an internet-based platform as part of the Platform established under section 5, that is accessible to the public and contains information regarding every internship and fellowship described in section 11(a), and every scholarship opportunity, available in the executive branch of the Federal Government, including information on how individuals may apply for each such opportunity.
Promote, and facilitate internship, fellowship, and scholarship programs at the request of any sponsoring agency to meet workforce requirements of such sponsoring agency, especially in mission-critical skill areas. Develop a standard application for Federal internships and fellowships for use by applicants and sponsoring agencies as part of the Platform established under section 5, which may be supplemented by additional requirements of each sponsoring agency. Ensure eligibility for an appointment under subsection
(d)to a position in the civil service for all individuals who— successfully complete at least one year of an internship or fellowship that is part of an internship or fellowship program that is certified under subsection (f); or are the recipients of scholarships; and have obtained a qualifying degree or completed a qualifying career or technical education program, as determined by the Director; or are graduates (as defined in section 142 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3192 )). Develop a standard post-fellowship or post-internship exit interview for use by sponsoring agencies to solicit feedback and input from fellows and interns about their experiences while performing Federal service. Develop and promote best practices guidance for agencies on building effective internship and fellowship programs. Take such actions as the Director determines necessary to help Federal agencies identify and recruit fellows and interns who could serve as the next generation of Federal public servants. Under such regulations as the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe, a sponsoring agency may make a noncompetitive appointment leading to conversion to career or career-conditional employment of each individual described in subsection (c)(4). The head of each sponsoring agency shall submit to the Director a report on the internship and fellowship programs of, and scholarship programs offered by, the sponsoring agency at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director determines appropriate. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue regulations for the reports required by subparagraph (A). Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than every two years thereafter, the head of each sponsoring agency shall submit to the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center the plan of the sponsoring agency— regarding intern and fellow training and engagement; and for ensuring that interns and fellows who complete an internship or fellowship, respectively, of the sponsoring agency qualify for the competitive service examination credit under section 11. The head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center shall approve or disapprove each plan submitted under subparagraph (A). If the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center disapproves of a plan submitted under subparagraph (A), the head shall— provide notice of the disapproval and an explanation why the plan was disapproved to the head of the sponsoring agency that submitted the plan; and provide technical assistance to such sponsoring agency to resolve the deficiencies of such plan and resubmit it for approval. If a sponsoring agency fails to submit a plan required under subparagraph
(A)or that submits a plan that is disapproved under subparagraph (B), the interns and fellows participating in an internship or fellowship of such sponsoring agency shall be ineligible for competitive service examination credit under section 11 until the date on which such sponsoring agency submits a plan described in subparagraph
(A)and the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center approves such plan. Clause
(i)does not apply with respect to a sponsoring agency that submits a plan that is disapprove under subparagraph
(B)if, during the two-year period immediately preceding such disapproval, such sponsoring agency submitted a plan that was approved under subparagraph (B). The head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center shall certify each internship or fellowship program of each sponsoring agency or third-party internship provider that the head determines— demonstrates a track record of recruiting diverse intern and fellow talent pools, as applicable, for at least the previous three years; possesses a meaningful training and development program for interns and fellows, as applicable; uses a non-partisan, merit-based selection process; provides career counseling services to interns and fellows, as applicable; in the case of a sponsoring agency, provides to the Office of Personnel Management the plans of such sponsoring agency described subsection (e)(2); and any other standards that the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center determines appropriate. To ensure the advancement of merit systems principles and efficient administration of internship and fellowship programs, the head of the Federal Internship and Fellowship Center may impose additional requirements on a third-party internship provider before certifying the internships or fellowships programs of such third-party internship provider under paragraph (1). In this section: The term career appointee has the meaning given such term in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code. The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
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