Next Mission Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]
Introduced
Summary
Supplement the Transition Assistance Program with multiyear grants to nonprofits to provide free career assessments, training, and job placement to transitioning service members and their spouses. This bill would create a Department of Defense pilot to award those grants to qualified private nonprofit providers.
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- Service members and spouses would get no-cost one-on-one career help, mock interviews, salary negotiation coaching, industry-focused training for credentials, and job placement support.
- Rural participants would be reached through required online training capabilities that aim to expand access and lower delivery costs.
- Nonprofit providers that have proven career-service records, rigorous evaluations, employer partnerships, and third-party–verified outcomes would be eligible and given priority for multiyear grants.
- Grant authority would end 3 years after the pilot begins and the Secretary must report program activities, metrics, and evaluations to congressional defense committees within 6 months after termination.
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Career help for service members, spouses
If enacted, the Secretary of Defense would run a pilot grant program no later than one year after enactment. The program would give multiyear grants to private nonprofit groups to provide free career services and job placement to covered individuals. Covered individuals would be members taking the Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and their spouses. Services would include skills and education assessments, mock interviews, salary negotiation training, industry-specific online training and credential coursework, one-on-one advising, and job placement. Grants would prioritize programs with independent outcome verification and require grantees to report metrics (training completions, hires, job retention, and median salary). Grant authority would end three years after the Secretary starts the program, and the Secretary would report results to the congressional defense committees within six months after that end.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]
NY • D
Cosponsors
Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
NY • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
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