Summary

Creates a new Interagency Council to coordinate federal recruitment, outreach, and joint marketing for military service, national service, and civilian public service. It authorizes a joint DoD–Peace Corps–CNCS marketing program, requires agencies to provide transition information about service opportunities, mandates several studies and recurring reports on recruitment and advertising effectiveness (including a study on vaccine requirements), and directs the Comptroller General to evaluate the law’s effectiveness — all while forbidding any new appropriations to implement the Act.

Key Points

• Creates an Interagency Council to coordinate federal recruitment and outreach for military, national, and public service.
• Authorizes a joint DoD–CNCS–Peace Corps program for market research, recruiting, and advertising and clarifies DoD advertising restrictions do not bar cooperation.
• Requires Department of Labor and CNCS to include information on public, national, and military service in transition/outreach for program completers and transitioning servicemembers.
• Mandates recurring reports and metrics on cross-service recruitment efforts and a quadrennial Service Strategy to guide federal outreach.
• Directs a 270‑day study on advertising effectiveness and the role of vaccine requirements in recruitment and retention.
• Orders a Comptroller General evaluation within 30 months of enactment to assess the law’s effectiveness.
• Prohibits any new appropriations for carrying out the Act; agencies must use existing funds to comply.
• Council membership pulls together Cabinet-level and agency heads and permits the President to add members and assign extra functions.

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