JROTC POWER Act
Sponsored By: Representative Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced
Summary
Measure whether standardized pay improves JROTC instructor recruitment and retention. This bill would require the Department of Defense to add an evaluation plan and standardized metrics to JROTC guidance to track how the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale, or any successor, affects hiring and retention.
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- JROTC instructors: Would prompt collection of detailed hiring and retention data, including vacancy rates, time-to-hire, retention and length of service, geographic differences, applicant flow, and reasons offers are declined.
- Department of Defense and military services: Would have to update guidance within 270 days to adopt an evaluation plan and uniform metrics for measuring recruiting outcomes and retention across services.
- Congressional oversight: Would get reports to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees starting one year after the guidance and annually for two years with baseline data, an assessment of pay effects, and any recommendations for action.
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Study JROTC instructor pay effects
If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would have to update Department of Defense guidance within 270 days. The update would add a plan to measure how the JROTC Standardized Instructor Pay Scale (JSIPS) or a successor pay system affects instructor recruiting and retention. The plan would include standard metrics such as vacancy rates, time-to-hire, retention and length of service, geographic differences, applicant counts and reasons offers were declined. The Secretary would report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees one year after the guidance is issued and then once a year for two more years with baseline data, assessments, and any recommendations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
MO • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Roll Call Votes
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