MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 1332. MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) [5 U.S.C. 3301 note] Findings and Policies.— (1) Findings.—Congress finds that— (A) the United States Government actively encourages and financially supports the training, education, and development of many United States citizens; (B) as a condition of some of those supports, many of those citizens have an obligation to seek either compensated or uncompensated employment in the Federal sector; and (C) it is in the United States national interest to maximize the return to the Nation of funds invested in the development of such citizens by seeking to employ them in the Federal sector. (2) Policy.—It shall be the policy of the United States Government to— (A) establish procedures for ensuring that United States citizens who have incurred service obligations as the result of receiving financial support for education and training from the United States Government and have applied for Federal positions are considered in all recruitment and hiring initiatives of Federal departments, bureaus, agencies, and offices; and (B) advertise and open all Federal positions to United States citizens who have incurred service obligations with the United States Government as the result of receiving financial support for education and training from the United States Government. (b) [Omitted—Amends another Act]