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To require the Secretary of Defense to update guidance for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program to evaluate the effects of the JROTC instructor pay scale on recruitment and retention.
Summary
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to update Department of Defense guidance for the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program within 270 days of enactment.
- Requires the updated guidance to include an evaluation plan assessing how the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale affects recruitment and retention of JROTC instructors.
- Requires development of standardized metrics to measure JROTC instructor recruiting outcomes and retention rates across all military services, including vacancy rates, retention rates, geographic variation, and applicant hiring data.
- Requires comparison of recruiting and retention outcomes between the legacy pay system and the current pay scale.
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit reports to Congress within one year of issuing updated guidance and annually for two additional years, including baseline data, assessments of pay scale effects, and recommendations for legislative or administrative action.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
- Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4] (R-MO)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Veronica Escobar’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $13,980
- INVARIANT $10,100
- HUNT COMPANIES INC. $9,900
- TRI-STATE COSMETOLOGY INSTITUTE $9,100
- WESTSTAR BANK $8,850
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Actions (2)
- Jun 23, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Jun 23, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2026
Ms. Escobar (for herself and Mr. Alford) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to update guidance for the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program to evaluate the effects of the JROTC instructor pay scale on recruitment and retention.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Pay Oversight for Workforce Evaluation and Retention Act” or the “JROTC POWER Act”.
SEC. 2. UPDATE OF GUIDANCE AND EVALUATION OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS INSTRUCTOR PAY SCALE.
(a) Update of Guidance.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries concerned (as that term is defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code), shall update Department of Defense guidance governing the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program to include—
(1) an evaluation plan to assess the effects of the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale (JSIPS), or any successor pay system, on recruitment and retention of JROTC instructors; and
(2) standardized metrics for measuring JROTC instructor recruiting outcomes and retention rates across the military services.
(b) Required Metrics.—The evaluation plan required under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, metrics relating to—
(1) instructor vacancy rates and time-to-hire;
(2) retention rates and length of service;
(3) geographic variation in recruiting and retention outcomes, including high-cost-of-living areas, rural, urban, and geographically isolated locations;
(4) comparisons between outcomes under the legacy pay system and the JSIPS;
(5) the identification of recruiting efforts used to attract instructor applicants, including data on how applicants learned about available instructor positions;
(6) the number of applicants who begin, complete, or withdraw from the instructor hiring process, including the interview and background investigation stages;
(7) the number of applicants who accept or decline instructor position offers, including to the extent practicable, information on the reasons offers were declined; and
(8) any other matters the Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Report to Congress.—Not later than one year after the issuance of the updated guidance under subsection (a), and annually thereafter for two years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report that includes—
(1) a description of the updated guidance and implementation status;
(2) baseline data and metrics collected using the metrics developed under subsection (a);
(3) an assessment of the effects of the pay scale on recruitment and retention; and
(4) any recommendations for legislative or administrative action. <all>
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