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H.R. 6104: Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act

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H.R. 6104: Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-12-01 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 15.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-12-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 15. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act

Plain summary

Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act This bill expands access to federal internships, provides for an internship preference, and allows for federal agencies to reimburse student interns for expenses. Specifically, the bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to: establish an internet platform to serve as a centralized resource for federal internship opportunities; carry out a pilot program to engage individuals from underrepresented demographics for possible participation in the civil service; establish the Pathways Program to promote federal employment to students and recent graduates by excepting program participants from competitive service requirements; and establish the Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center within the OPM to manage all executive branch fellowships and internships. The bill also increases the number of recent college graduates that an agency head may hire through expedited hiring authority, creates a competitive hiring preference for former interns and fellows, and alllows executive agencies to reimburse student interns for transportation and subsistence expenses.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 6104, Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act (2022-11-04)

Cosponsors on this site

Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6104 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117