Definitions

In this Act— (1) the term employee means an individual appointed to a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code) in an executive agency; (2) the term executive agency means a department, agency, office, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Federal Government; and (3) the term STAR means an individual who— (A) is active in the labor force; (B) has not obtained a bachelor’s degree or a higher degree; and (C) has developed job-related skills through alternative routes, which may include at a community college, in an apprenticeship, through a bootcamp, through military service, through partial college completion, in other training programs, or through on-the-job experience.