# 119-s-1632: Defense Workforce Integration Act of 2025

119-s-1632, Defense Workforce Integration Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1632
- Congress: 119
- Title: Defense Workforce Integration Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-07
- Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Create civilian job pathways for recruits medically disqualified from military service.** This bill would build DoD-wide programs to refer those recruits to civilian jobs, apprenticeships, and training tied to the defense industrial base and related fields. - Medically disqualified entry-level service members would be offered a pathway into civilian DoD jobs or referrals to outside opportunities, using the Air Force DRIVE program as an acceptable model and baseline. - A new Section 996 would require the Secretary of Defense to provide information and referrals to jobs in the defense industrial base, cybersecurity and intelligence support, defense research and development, and national emergency and disaster preparedness. - The Secretary of the Navy would add Military Sealift Command career information and shipbuilder workforce training details to Transition Assistance Program materials for Navy personnel. - The Secretary must report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within one year on how these placement, referral, and Navy transition actions are being implemented.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- DoD civilian job pathway for recruits: benefit, high. If enacted, the Defense Department would have to create, within one year, a pathway so entry-level recruits who are medically disqualified can take DoD civilian jobs they are qualified for. "Entry-level" would include regular or reserve members attending or with orders to attend within 90 days basi…
- More defense job referrals and Navy info: benefit, medium. If enacted, the DoD would start a program to give people found not medically qualified for military service information and referrals to jobs, apprenticeships, and training in the defense industrial base, cybersecurity, R&D, disaster preparedness, and other national-interest roles. The Secretary wo…

## Related bills

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- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-s-4375: RETAIN Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-1632 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1632)

## Related
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1816: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1816)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
- [119-s-4375: RETAIN Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4375)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1632 (as of 2025-12-21).