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S4253119th CongressWALLET

JROTC POWER Act

Sponsored By: Senator Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

Introduced

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.

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  • 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.

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JROTC instructor pay review and reports

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-to-hire, retention and length of service, geographic differences, comparisons to the legacy pay system, recruiting channels, application progress and withdrawals (including interview and background check stages), and offer acceptance or decline reasons where practicable. The Secretary would report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within one year of the guidance and then annually for two years, with baseline data, an assessment of pay-scale effects on recruitment and retention, and any recommendations for legislative or administrative action.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

NV • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]

    SD • R

    Sponsored 3/26/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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