Sec. 1104. Modifications to Defense Civilian Training Corps
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Section 2200h of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (8), by inserting , in accordance with subsection
(b)before the period; by striking In establishing and inserting the following: In establishing ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The head of a Department of Defense organization that partners with the program may, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, noncompetitively appoint a member of the program to a position in such organization for a term of one year, renewable for not more than a total of four one-year terms. The head of an organization described in paragraph
(1)may— renew the appointment a successful graduate of the program serving a one-year term under such paragraph until such graduate is appointed to a permanent position in such organization, except that the appointment may not be renewed for more than a total of four one-year terms; and noncompetitively appoint the graduate from a one-year term appointment renewed under clause
(i)into a vacant position in the competitive or excepted service of the Department. The position of a graduate in a term or permanent position described in subparagraph
(A)shall be at the level of GS–9 of the General Schedule or an equivalent level for which the participant is qualified, without regard to any minimum time-in-grade or time-based experience requirements. The authority under this section may not be used for more than 60 graduates of the program in any calendar year. The authority under this subsection shall terminate on December 31, 2029. Not later than January 31, 2026, and annually thereafter until January 31, 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the use of the authority under this subsection. Each report required by subparagraph
(A)shall include the following: The number of graduates of the program for which the authority under this section was used in the prior year. An identification of the Department of Defense organizations that used the authority to appoint graduates of the program under paragraph (2)(ii). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives. .