Aggregate number of hires of recent college graduates and post-secondary students

(a) Targets The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall ensure that the aggregate number of applicants hired into term or permanent positions in the competitive service at Federal agencies under section 366 of this Act (relating to the Pathways Program), section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. note prec. 1580; Public Law 114–238), and sections 3115 and 3116 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by section 367 of this Act)— (1) by September 30, 2029, is not less than 30,000; and (2) by September 30, 2034, is not less than 50,000. (b) Pro rata share determination The Director shall determine the pro rata share, for each fiscal year, of the obligation of each Federal agency to meet the targets under subsection (a), based on the number of positions in the competitive service at the agency as compared with the total number of positions in the competitive service across all agencies. (c) Shortfall determination Each fiscal year, the Director shall determine the progress of each Federal agency in achieving the targets under subsection (a) by subtracting the number of applicants hired into term or permanent positions in the competitive service at the agency during the preceding fiscal year under the provisions of law set forth in subsection (a) from the pro rata share of the agency determined under subsection (b).