Unity through Service Act of 2025

This bill aims to make it easier for people to find and join military, national, and public service. It creates an Interagency Council on Service that brings together major federal agencies (like Defense, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security, the Peace Corps, and more) to advise the President, coordinate recruiting, share best practices, and plan joint messaging to grow a culture of service. The council meets quarterly and must deliver a “Service Strategy” within two years and then every four years to guide these efforts .

The bill also lets the Department of Defense, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps share information and run joint market research and advertising. It improves transition help by adding training and information on public service jobs, including a class on national and community service, and by ensuring people finishing national service get details on military and public service options. Agencies must send Congress a joint report on cross-service recruiting within four years and then every four years. Another report, due in 270 days, looks at what has worked in past ads and how vaccine rules may affect recruiting and retention. No new funding is authorized. The Government Accountability Office must review the law’s impact after 30 months .

• Who is affected:
  • People considering military, national, or public service; current service members preparing to transition; Peace Corps and national service participants; and federal, state, Tribal, and local governments that host public service jobs .
• What changes:
  • New interagency council to coordinate recruiting and outreach across military, national, and public service.
  • Joint marketing and information-sharing among Defense, the national service corporation, and the Peace Corps.
  • Better transition support, including training on public service careers and a class on national and community service; national service alumni get information on service options .
  • Regular reports to Congress on joint recruiting; a 270-day study on ad effectiveness and vaccine rules; GAO review at 30 months; no new funds authorized .
• When:
  • Council meets quarterly; Service Strategy due within two years, then every four years .
  • Joint recruiting report due within four years, then every four years.
  • Lessons-learned report due within 270 days; GAO report due within 30 months.