,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #g1 #bjbe 
,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,mr4       
,rounds1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 and 
,mr4 ,king7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for greater      
defense workforce integration1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,defense       
,workforce ,integration ,act of #bjbe4  
#b4 ,integration of military and        
civilian hiring processes  7a7 ,in      
general ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense1 in          
coordination with the ,secretaries      
concerned shall establish a pathway for 
medically disqualified entry-level      
service members to enter civilian       
positions for which they are qualified  
in the ,department of ,defense or any of
 its components4  7b7 ,air ,force       

,,drive program ,the ,air ,force's      
,develop1 ,redistribute1 ,improve1      
,vault1 ,expose 7,,drive7 program shall 
be considered sufficient to meet the    
requirements of subsection 7a7 and may1 
but need not1 serve as a baseline from  
which the other military departments    
design their programs4  7c7             
,entry-,level service member defined ,in
 this section1 the term entry-level     
service member means a regular or       
reserve member of the ,armed ,forces who
 is currently attending or has military 
orders to attend within #ij days--  7#a7
 basic training2  7#b7 a technical      
school of the ,armed ,forces2  7#c7 a   
service academy2  7#d7 the ,reserve     
,officer ,training ,corps 7,,rotc72 or  
7#e7 an officer accession program1      
including officer candidate school1     
officer training school1 officer        
development school1 or equivalent       
program4  #c4 ,provision of information 
on career opportunities in the defense  
industrial base to persons ineligible   

for military service ,chapter #ej of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new section3  #iif4 ,provision
 of information on career opportunities 
in the defense industrial base to       
persons medically disqualified for      
military service  7a7 ,establishment    
,the ,secretary of ,defense shall       
establish and implement a program to    
provide individuals who are not         
medically qualified for military service
 with information on employment         
opportunities in the defense industrial 
base or other employment opportunities  
in support of the national interests of 
the ,united ,states4  7b7 ,program ,the 
program established under subsection 7a7
 shall inform and refer persons         
described in subsection 7a7 to          
employment1 apprenticeship1 and training
 opportunities in--  7#a7 the defense   
industrial base2  7#b7 cybersecurity or 
intelligence support roles2  7#c7       
research and development in defense     

technologies2  7#d7 national emergency  
and disaster preparedness2 or  7#e7 any 
other non-military opportunity the      
,secretary considers in the national    
interests of the ,united ,states4  7c7  
,collaboration ,the ,secretary of       
,defense shall consult with entities in 
the defense industrial base1 other      
,federal agencies1 and academic         
institutions to carry out this section4 
4  #d4 ,provision to ,navy personnel of 
information on career opportunities at  
,military ,sealift ,command ,the        
,secretary of the ,navy shall provide   
information about career opportunities  
at ,military ,sealift ,command and      
workforce training programs for         
shipbuilders to all ,navy personnel as  
part of the ,transition ,assistance     
,program process4  #e4 ,report ,not     
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,senate and the ,house of           

,representatives a report describing    
implementation of the requirements under
 sections #b and #d of this ,act and    
section #iif of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 as added by section #c of
 this ,act4