,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ieif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #f1 #bjbf,mr4  
,krishnamoorthi 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,mackenzie1 ,ms4 ,bynum1 ,mr4 ,mc,guire1
 ,mr4 ,downing1 ,mr4 ,walkinshaw1 ,mr4  
,grothman1 and ,mr4 ,figures7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
remove educational barriers to ,federal 
employment for workers who are skilled  
through alternative routes1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,federal ,jobs
 for ,s,t,a,rs ,act of #bjbf4  #b4      
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
term employee means an individual       
appointed to a position in the civil    
service 7as defined in section #baja of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code7 in an  
executive agency2  7#b7 the term        
executive agency means a department1    
agency1 office1 or other establishment  
in the executive branch of the ,federal 

,government2 and  7#c7 the term ,,star  
means an individual who--  7,a7 is      
active in the labor force2  7,b7 has not
 obtained a bachelor's degree or a      
higher degree2 and  7,c7 has developed  
job-related skills through alternative  
routes1 which may include at a community
 college1 in an apprenticeship1 through 
a bootcamp1 through military service1   
through partial college completion1 in  
other training programs1 or through     
on-the-job experience4  #c4             
,transparency and directives on         
educational requirements for ,federal   
public sector jobs ,to improve          
transparency and directives related to  
educational requirements for positions  
in executive agencies1 the ,director of 
the ,office of ,personnel ,management   
shall--  7#a7 prohibit the head of an   
executive agency from requiring a       
minimum educational attainment as       
qualification for a position as an      
employee of the executive agency1 unless
 the ,director of the ,office of        

,personnel ,management determines that  
such educational attainment is necessary
 for the position based on specified    
skills required for the position that   
can only be obtained through a certain  
degree2  7#b7 prescribe regulations for 
hiring of employees by executive        
agencies regarding alternative          
qualifications to educational attainment
 that would meet the knowledge1 skills1 
and abilities requirements for a        
position2  7#c7 review the addition of  
educational requirements for employees  
during audits of hiring actions within  
executive agencies2 and  7#d7 establish 
a hiring path dedicated to positions for
 which ,,star workers are eligible to   
apply within usajobs4gov1 or any        
successor website1 and direct executive 
agencies to identify job postings that  
are within that hiring path1 so that    
,,star workers may search for positions 
based on this criterion4  #d4           
,feasibility study on training programs 
for stars ,the ,director of the ,office 

of ,personnel ,management1 the ,deputy  
,director for ,management of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget1 and the    
head of any other appropriate executive 
agency shall jointly-- 7#a7 conduct a   
feasibility study regarding resources   
required to establish a program to      
provide ,,star employees with pathways  
for acquiring further training and      
higher education1 including fellowships1
 scholarships1 apprenticeships1 and     
tuition assistance1 if the employee     
chooses to initiate or continue pursuit 
of further training or higher education 
while an employee2 and  7#b7 not later  
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 submit a report 
on the findings of the feasibility study
 to-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 
the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,government ,reform of  
the ,house of ,representatives4