# 119-s-4253: JROTC POWER Act

119-s-4253, JROTC POWER Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-25).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4253
- Congress: 119
- Title: JROTC POWER Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-25

## Summary

**Standardize and measure JROTC instructor pay and retention.** This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to update Department of Defense guidance within 270 days to add an evaluation plan for the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale and to set standardized recruiting and retention metrics. - JROTC instructors and applicants will be measured on vacancy rates, time-to-hire, retention and length of service, applicant progress through hiring steps, and reasons offers were declined. - Military services must collect comparable data across services to compare outcomes under the new pay scale with the legacy system and to track geographic differences like high-cost, rural, urban, and isolated locations. - Congress will get a report no later than one year after the updated guidance and annually for two years. Reports must include baseline metrics, an assessment of the pay scale's effects on recruitment and retention, and any recommendations for legislative or administrative action.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- JROTC instructor pay review and reports: benefit, low. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense, with other service Secretaries, to update JROTC guidance within 270 days. The update would add an evaluation plan and standard metrics to measure the JROTC instructor pay scale (JSIPS) or any successor system. Metrics would cover vacancy rates, time…

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- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-4253 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4253)

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- [119-s-3659: SECURE Minerals Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3659)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1260: Rural Housing Service Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1260)
- [119-s-890: Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-890)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4253 (as of 2026-07-25).