S.Amdt. 2070

1. Adds SEC. ___. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL RESERVE DIGITAL CORPS wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL RESERVE DIGITAL CORPS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Subpart I of part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "CHAPTER 103--NATIONAL RESERVE DIGITAL CORPS

   Inserted: "Sec.

   Inserted: "10301. Establishment.

   Inserted: "10302. Definitions.

   Inserted: "10303. Organization.

   Inserted: "10304. Work on behalf of Executive agencies.

   Inserted: "10305. Digital Corps Scholarship Program.

   Inserted: "10306. Duration of pilot program.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10301. Establishment " For the purposes of attracting, recruiting, and training a corps of world-class digital talent to serve the national interest and enable the Federal Government to become a digitally proficient enterprise, there is established within the Office of Management and Budget a pilot program for a civilian National Reserve Digital Corps, the members of whom shall serve as special Government employees, working not fewer than 30 days per year as short-term advisors, instructors, or developers in the Federal Government.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10302. Definitions "In this chapter:

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   Inserted: "(1) Director.--The term 'Director' means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

   Inserted: "(2) Node.--The term 'node' means a group of persons, or a team, organized under the direction of a node leader to provide digital service to not less than 1 Executive agency pursuant to an agreement between the Director and the Executive agency.

   Inserted: "(3) Node leader.--The term 'node leader' means a full-time employee who--

   Inserted: "(A) is selected under this chapter to lead not less than 1 node; and

   Inserted: "(B) reports to the Director or the designee of the Director.

   Inserted: "(4) Node member.--The term 'node member' means a special Government employee, as that term is defined in section 202 of title 18, who is selected under this division to work not fewer than 38 days per fiscal year and report to a node leader in furtherance of the mission of a node.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10303. Organization

   Inserted: "(a) Nodes and Node Leaders.--The National Reserve Digital Corps shall be organized into nodes, each of which shall be under the supervision of a node leader.

   Inserted: "(b) Administrative Support.--The National Reserve Digital Corps shall receive funding and administrative support from the Director, who shall be responsible for selecting node leaders, establishing standards, ensuring that nodes meet Executive agency client requirements, maintaining security clearances, establishing access to an agile development environment and appropriate tools, and facilitating appropriate technical exchange meetings.

   Inserted: "(c) Appointment Authority.--

   Inserted: "(1) Direct appointment authority of node members.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--The Director, on the recommendation of a node leader, may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such chapter), a qualified candidate to a position in the competitive service in the Office of Management and Budget to serve as a node member.

   Inserted: "(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to preclude the Director from appointing additional employees, including full-time employees for the purposes described in that subparagraph.

   Inserted: "(2) Term and temporary appointments of node members.--The Director, on the recommendation of a node leader, may make a noncompetitive temporary appointment or term appointment, for a period of not more than 18 months, of a qualified candidate to serve as a node member in a position in the competitive service for which a critical hiring need exists, as determined under section 3304, without regard to sections 3327 and 3330.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10304. Work on behalf of Executive agencies

   Inserted: "(a) Purpose.--Each node shall undertake projects to assist Executive agencies by--

   Inserted: "(1) providing digital education and training;

   Inserted: "(2) performing data triage and providing acquisition assistance;

   Inserted: "(3) helping to guide digital projects and frame technical solutions;

   Inserted: "(4) helping to build bridges between public needs and private sector capabilities; and

   Inserted: "(5) performing related tasks.

   Inserted: "(b) Authorities.--A node may undertake a project--

   Inserted: "(1) on behalf of an Executive agency--

   Inserted: "(A) by direct agreement between the Director and the Executive agency; or

   Inserted: "(B) at the direction of the Director at the request of the Executive agency; or

   Inserted: "(2) to address a digital service need encompassing more than 1 Executive agency--

   Inserted: "(A) at the direction of the Director; or

   Inserted: "(B) on the initiative of a node leader.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10305. Digital Corps Scholarship Program

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--The Director shall establish a National Reserve Digital Corps scholarship program to provide full scholarships to competitively selected students who commit to study specific disciplines relating to national security digital technology.

   Inserted: "(b) Service Obligation.--Each student, before commencing the program established under subsection (a), shall sign an agreement with respect to the student's commitment to the United States, which shall provide that the student agree to the following:

   Inserted: "(1) A commitment to serve as an intern at an Executive agency for not less than 6 weeks during each of the summers before the junior and senior years of the undergraduate studies of the student.

   Inserted: "(2) A commitment to serve in the National Reserve Digital Corps for 6 years after graduation.

   Inserted: "(c) Program Elements.--In establishing the program under subsection (a), the Director shall determine the following:

   Inserted: "(1) Eligibility standards for program participation.

   Inserted: "(2) Criteria for establishing the dollar amount of a scholarship, including tuition, room, and board.

   Inserted: "(3) Repayment requirements for students who fail to complete their service obligation.

   Inserted: "(4) An approach to ensuring that qualified graduates of the program are promptly hired and assigned to node leaders.

   Inserted: "(5) Resources required for the implementation of the program.

   Inserted: "(d) Continuing Education.--The Director shall establish a training and continuing education program to fund educational opportunities for members of the National Digital Reserve Corps, including conferences, seminars, degree and certificate granting programs, and other training opportunities that are expected to increase the digital competencies of the participants.

   Inserted: "(e) Implementation.--In carrying out this chapter, the Director shall have the following responsibilities:

   Inserted: "(1) Establishing the administrative support function and issuing guidance for the National Reserve Digital Corps, which shall include the identification of points of contact for node leaders at Executive agencies.

   Inserted: "(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this chapter, appointing not fewer than 5 node leaders under the National Reserve Digital Corps program and authorizing those node leaders to begin recruiting reservists and undertaking projects for Executive agencies.

   Inserted: "(3) Beginning 2 years after the date of enactment of this chapter, reporting annually to Congress on the progress of the National Reserve Digital Corps, each of which shall address, at a minimum, the following measures of success:

   Inserted: "(A) The number of technologists who participate in the National Reserve Digital Corps.

   Inserted: "(B) Identification of the Executive agencies that submitted work requests, the nature of the work requests, which work requests were assigned a node, and which work requests were completed or remain in progress.

   Inserted: "(C) Evaluations of results of National Reserve Digital Corps projects by Executive agencies.

   Inserted: "(D) Evaluations of results of National Reserve Digital Corps projects by reservists.

   Inserted: "Sec. 10306. Duration of pilot program "The pilot program under this chapter shall terminate not earlier than 6 years after the date of enactment of this chapter.".

   Inserted: (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for subpart I of part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "CHAPTER 103--NATIONAL RESERVE DIGITAL CORPS".

   Inserted: (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget $16,000,000, to remain available through fiscal year 2023, to carry out chapter 103 of title 5, United States Code, as added by this section.

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