S.Amdt. 803

SA 803. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON SERVICE.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established an Interagency
Council on Service (in this section referred to as the
``Council'').
(2) Functions.--The Council shall--
(A) 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
(B) 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.
(b) Composition.--
(1) Membership.--The Council shall be composed of such
officers and employees of the Federal Government as the
President may designate, including not less than 1 such
officer or employee the appointment of whom as such officer
or employee was made by the President by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate.
(2) Chair.--The President shall annually designate to serve
as the Chair of the Council a member of the Council under
paragraph (1), the appointment of whom as an officer or
employee of the Federal Government was made by the President
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(3) Meetings.--The Council shall meet on a quarterly basis
or more frequently as the Chair of the Council may direct.
(c) Responsibilities of the Council.--The Council shall--
(1) 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;
(2) 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;
(3) serve as a forum for Federal officials responsible for
military service, national service, and public service
programs to, as feasible and practicable--
(A) coordinate and share best practices for service
recruitment; and
(B) develop common interagency, cross-service initiatives
and pilots for service recruitment;
(4) 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;
(5) consider approaches for assessing impacts of service on
the needs of the United States and individuals participating
in and benefitting from such service;
(6) 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;
(7) 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) a review of programs and initiatives of the Federal
Government relating to the mandate of the Council;
(B) a review of Federal Government online content relating
to the mandate of the Council, including user experience with
such content;
(C) current and foreseeable trends for service to address
the needs of the United States;
(D) recommended service recruitment strategies and branding
opportunities to address outreach and communication
deficiencies identified by the Council; and
(E) to the extent practical, a joint service messaging
strategy for military service, national service, and public
service;
(8) identify any notable initiatives by State, local, and
Tribal governments and by

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public and nongovernmental entities to increase awareness of
and participation in national service programs; and
(9) perform such other functions as the President may
direct.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Military service.--The term ``military service'' means
active service (as defined in subsection (d)(3) of section
101 of title 10, United States Code) or active status (as
defined in subsection (d)(4) of such section) in one of the
Armed Forces (as defined in subsection (a)(4) of such
section).
(2) National service.--The term ``national service'' means
participation, other than military service or public service,
in a program that--
(A) is designed to enhance the common good and meet the
needs of communities, the States, or the United States;
(B) is funded or facilitated by--
(i) an institution of higher education as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001); or
(ii) the Federal Government or a State, Tribal, or local
government; and
(C) is a program authorized in--
(i) the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.);
(ii) section 171 of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226) relating to the YouthBuild
Program;
(iii) the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.); or
(iv) the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).
(3) Public service.--The term ``public service'' means
civilian employment in the Federal Government or a State,
Tribal, or local government.
(4) Service.--The term ``service'' means a personal
commitment of time, energy, and talent to a mission that
contributes to the public good by protecting the Nation and
the citizens of the United States, strengthening communities,
States, or the United States, or promoting the general social
welfare.
(5) State service commission.--The term ``State Service
Commission'' means a State Commission on National and
Community Service maintained by a State pursuant to section
178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12638).
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