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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6584
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to strengthen and enhance the Department of Defense cyber workforce, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Cyber Talent Development and Recruitment Act
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Cyber workforce recruitment and retention
Section 1599f of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (a)(1)(A)—
in clause (ii), by striking and
at the end; and
by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
positions held in combatant commands, defense agencies, and field activities supporting the United States Cyber Command; and
up to 500 positions not otherwise described in clauses (i) through (iv) that the Secretary determines are hard-to-fill, highly skilled positions critical to cyberspace planning and operations in defense of, and which advance, U.S. national interests in collaboration with domestic and international partners.
;
by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
Rates of pay
The Secretary—
consistent with paragraph (2), shall fix the rates of basic pay for employees appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B)—
with a rate of pay provided for employees in comparable positions in the Federal Government; and
subject to the same limitations on maximum rates of pay established for such employees by statute or regulation; and
may prescribe a rate of basic pay for such an employee so appointed at a rate not to exceed a rate equal to 150 percent of the maximum rate of basic pay authorized for positions at level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5.
; and
in subsection (h)—
in paragraph (1), by striking five years after the date of the enactment of this section
and inserting three years after the date of the enactment of the Cyber Talent Development and Recruitment Act
; and
in paragraph (2)(D), by adding at the end the following:
The total number of positions, the title, duties, and responsibilities of each position, and the location of each position, including the assigned department, agency, command, and cost of establishing, appointing, and paying the salary of such positions.
A description of—
how the Department has used the pay authorities in subsection (b); and
the effect of such authorities on recruitment and retention in the Cyber Excepted Service.
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