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[S. 3410 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3410
To establish Federal agency technology and artificial intelligence
talent teams to improve competitive service hiring practices, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 10, 2025
Mr. Kim introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To establish Federal agency technology and artificial intelligence
talent teams to improve competitive service hiring practices, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGY AND AI TALENT TEAMS, OTHER TALENT TEAMS, AND
COMPETITIVE SERVICE HIRING.
(a) Federal Agency Technology and AI Talent Teams.--
(1) In general.--An agency may establish one or more
technology and artificial intelligence talent teams (referred
to in this section as ``agency talent teams''), including at
the component level. An agency talent team may consist of
positions of shared certificate coordinators, recruiters,
assessment experts, subject matter experts, and non-technical
positions that enable artificial intelligence governance,
innovation, and risk management.
(2) Duties.--An agency talent team shall provide hiring
support to the agency and other agencies for technology and
artificial intelligence positions, including by--
(A) improving examinations for such positions;
(B) facilitating writing job announcements for such
positions in the competitive service;
(C) sharing high-quality certificates of eligibles;
and
(D) facilitating hiring for such positions in the
competitive service using examinations and subject
matter experts.
(3) Other matters.--
(A) Other teams.--An agency may establish
centralized guidance and practices to support agency-
led talent teams in order to address high-need hiring
areas.
(B) OPM.--The Office of Personnel Management may
expand the hiring experience team at the Office to
continue to focus on improving the hiring experience
for hiring managers, human resource professionals, and
applicants starting with scaling best practices for
agencies around pooled hiring in support of artificial
intelligence and artificial intelligence enabling
roles.
(b) OPM Team.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management may establish a Federal technology and artificial
intelligence talent team to support agency talent teams in
facilitating pooled hiring actions for technology and
artificial intelligence talent across the Federal Government,
providing training, and creating technology platforms to
facilitate hiring for the competitive service, including--
(A) ensuring agencies are using best practices for
technology and artificial intelligence hiring;
(B) leading cross-Government hiring efforts for
technology and artificial intelligence hiring and
engagement with key candidates;
(C) the development of technical assessments; and
(D) the sharing of certificates of eligibles and
accompanying resumes under sections 3318(b) and 3319(c)
of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Other teams.--The Director--
(A) may establish other talent teams to address
high-need hiring areas at any agency; and
(B) may expand the hiring experience team at the
Office to focus on surge hiring and scaling pooled
hiring, with initial focus on artificial intelligence
and artificial intelligence enabling roles.
(c) Technical Assessments.--
(1) In general.--For the purpose of conducting an
examination for technology and artificial intelligence
positions in the competitive service, any individual whom an
agency determines to have an expertise in the subject and job
field of the position may--
(A) develop, in partnership with human resources
employees of the examining agency, a position-specific
assessment that is relevant to the position; and
(B) administer the assessment developed under
subparagraph (A) to--
(i) determine whether an applicant for the
position has demonstrated the established
qualifications for the position; or
(ii) rank applicants for the position for
category rating purposes under section 3319 of
title 5, United States Code.
(2) Sharing and customization of assessments.--
(A) Sharing.--An examining agency may share a
technical assessment under this subsection with another
examining agency if each agency maintains appropriate
control over examination material.
(B) Customization.--An examining agency with which
a technical assessment is shared under subparagraph (A)
may customize the assessment as appropriate, provided
that the resulting assessment satisfies the
requirements under part 300 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any successor regulation).
(C) Platform for sharing and customization.--
(i) In general.--The Director of the Office
of Personnel Management shall establish and
operate an online platform on which examining
agencies can share and customize technical
assessments under this subsection.
(ii) Online platform.--The Director shall--
(I) not be responsible for
independently validating the utility of
the content and technical assessments
shared in the online platform described
in clause (i); and
(II) ensure that such online
platform includes the ability of its
users to rate the utility of the
content and technical assessments
shared in the online platform to allow
for a ranking of such contents.
(3) Existing platforms.--If practicable, an agency shall
use an existing hiring platform, including the USA Hire
platform, to conduct technical assessments.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means an agency described
in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Examination.--
(A) In general.--The term ``examination''--
(i) means an opportunity to directly
demonstrate knowledge, skills, abilities, and
competencies for that position through an
assessment;
(ii) includes a resume review that is--
(I) conducted or informed by a
subject matter expert; and
(II) based upon indicators that--
(aa) are derived from a job
analysis; and
(bb) bear a rational
relationship to performance in
the position for which the
examining agency is making an
appointment; and
(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), on and
after the date that is 5 years after the date
of enactment of this Act, does not solely
include or principally rely upon a self-
assessment from an automated examination.
(B) Waiver.--
(i) Chief human capital officers.--The
Chief Human Capital Officer of an agency may
waive subparagraph (A)(iii) if, not later than
30 days after the date on which the Officer
authorizes the waiver, the Officer submits to
the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management a written report that justifies the
need for the waiver and articulates the data,
evidence, and circumstances for that need.
(ii) OPM.--The Director of the Office of
Personnel Management--
(I) may provide agencies with
guidance and instruction on the data,
evidence, and circumstances that should
be included in a waiver described in
clause (i); and
(II) not later than 30 days after
the date on which the Director receives
a waiver under clause (i), shall post
the waiver on a public website.
(iii) Effect.--A waiver authorized under
clause (i) shall not be considered to have
taken effect until the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management posts the waiver under
clause (ii).
(3) Examining agency.--The term ``examining agency''
means--
(A) the Office of Personnel Management; or
(B) an agency to which the Director has delegated
examining authority under section 1104(a)(2) of title
5, United States Code.
(4) Subject matter expert.--The term ``subject matter
expert'' means an employee or selecting official--
(A) who possesses understanding of the duties of,
and knowledge, skills, and abilities required for, the
position for which the employee or selecting official
is developing or administering an assessment; and
(B) whom the agency that employs the employee or
selecting official designates to assist in the
development and administration of technical assessments
under subsection (c).
(5) Technical assessment.--The term ``technical
assessment'' means an assessment developed under subsection (c)
that--
(A) allows for the demonstration of job-related
technical skills, abilities, and knowledge;
(B)(i) is based upon a job analysis; and
(ii) is relevant to the position for which the
assessment is developed; and
(C) may include--
(i) a structured interview;
(ii) a work-related exercise;
(iii) a custom or generic procedure used to
measure an individual's employment or career-
related qualifications and interests;
(iv) another assessment that meets the
criteria under clauses (i) and (ii);
(v) external industry assessments,
including multi-hurdle or skills-based
assessments; or
(vi) coding tests, automated transcription,
or flexible timed exercises.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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