Sec. 2. Interagency council on service

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There is established an Interagency Council on Service (in this section referred to as the Council ). The Council shall— advise the President with respect to promoting, strengthening, and expanding opportunities for military service, national service, and public service for all people of the United States; and review, assess, and coordinate holistic recruitment strategies and initiatives of the executive branch to foster an increased sense of service and civic responsibility among all people of the United States and to explore ways of enhancing connectivity of interested applicants to national service programs and opportunities.

The Council shall be composed of members who are representatives of— the Secretary of State; the Secretary of Defense; the Attorney General; the Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary of Commerce; the Secretary of Labor; the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Education; the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the Secretary of Homeland Security; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the Director of National Intelligence; the Director of the Office of Personnel Management; the Director of the Peace Corps; the Director of Selective Service System; the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and such other officers as the President may designate.

From the members of the Council under paragraph

(1)who have been nominated by the President for the position of the member described in such paragraph, and appointed to such position with the advice and consent of the Senate, the President shall annually designate a Chair of the Council. The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis or more frequently as the Chair of the Council may direct. The Council shall— assist and advise the President in the establishment of strategies, goals, objectives, and priorities to promote service and civic responsibility among all people of the United States; develop and recommend to the President common recruitment strategies and outreach opportunities for increasing the participation, and propensity of people of the United States to participate, in military service, national service, and public service in order to address national security and domestic investment; serve as a forum for Federal officials responsible for military service, national service, and public service programs to, as feasible and practicable— coordinate and share best practices for service recruitment; and develop common interagency, cross-service initiatives and pilots for service recruitment; lead a strategic, interagency coordinated effort on behalf of the Federal Government to develop joint awareness and recruitment, retention, and marketing initiatives involving military service, national service, and public service, including the sharing of marketing and recruiting research between and among Council members; consider approaches for assessing impacts of service on the needs of the United States and individuals participating in and benefitting from such service; consult, as the Council considers advisable, with representatives of non-Federal entities, including State, local, and Tribal governments, State and local educational agencies, State Service Commissions, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic organizations, and the private sector, in order to promote and develop initiatives to foster and reward military service, national service, and public service; not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and quadrennially thereafter, prepare and submit to the President and Congress a Service Strategy, which shall set forth— a review of programs and initiatives of the Federal Government relating to the mandate of the Council; a review of Federal Government online content relating to the mandate of the Council, including user experience with such content; current and foreseeable trends for service to address the needs of the United States; recommended service recruitment strategies and branding opportunities to address outreach and communication deficiencies identified by the Council; and to the extent practical, a joint service messaging strategy for military service, national service, and public service; identify any notable initiatives by State, local, and Tribal governments and by public and nongovernmental entities to increase awareness of and participation in national service programs; and perform such other functions as the President may direct.