119-hr1573

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1573 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1573

To establish a process to furnish to State educational agencies certain 
 demographic data regarding members of the Armed Forces.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 25, 2025

 Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
 Fleischmann, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Case, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Moulton, Ms. 
 Davids of Kansas, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Sorensen) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Armed Services

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 A BILL

To establish a process to furnish to State educational agencies certain 
 demographic data regarding members of the Armed Forces.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Military and Educational Data 
Integration Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCESS TO FURNISH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REGARDING MEMBERS 
 OF THE ARMED FORCES TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretaries concerned, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, State educational agencies, local 
educational agencies, and experts in student data and privacy, shall, 
not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
establish a data sharing process that enables a State educational 
agency to--

    (1) access data described in subsection

    (b) attributable to 
 individuals who graduated high school in the State of such 
 State educational agency; and

    (2) integrate such data into--
        (A) such State's statewide longitudinal data 
 system; or
        (B) an alternate data system operated by such 
 State.

    (b) Data Described.--The data described in this paragraph may 
include the following information:

    (1) With respect to an individual who is a member of an 
 Armed Force who graduated from secondary school:
        (A) The highest level of education attained.
        (B) The name and location of the educational 
 institution where the member received education 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) .
            (C) The name and location of the secondary school 
 from which the individual graduated.
            (D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.
        (E) The date the member joined an Armed Force.
        (F) The Armed Force of the member.
        (G) Rank.
        (H) The area of expertise or military occupational 
 specialty.
            (I) The date of separation, if applicable.
        (J) Any other information determined appropriate by 
 the Secretary concerned.

    (2) With respect to an individual who graduated from 
 secondary school and whose application to join an Armed Force 
 was denied:
        (A) The highest level of education attained.
        (B) The name and location of the school where the 
 individual received education described in subparagraph
        (A) .
            (C) The name and location of the secondary school 
 from which the individual graduated.
            (D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.
            (c) Privacy.--

    (1) Confidentiality.--Data transmitted through the data 
 sharing process under subsection

    (a) shall be transmitted 
 confidentially and using the most current standards for data 
 security at the time of transmission.

    (2) Protection of individual privacy and data security.--
 The Secretaries concerned shall carry out subsection

    (a) in a 
 manner that protects individual privacy and data security, in 
 accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy 
 laws.

    (3) Data security practices.--Each Secretary concerned and 
 each State educational agency that accesses data under 
 subsection

    (a) shall establish, implement, and maintain 
 reasonable data security practices to protect--
        (A) the confidentiality, integrity, and 
 availability of data; and
        (B) data against unauthorized access.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means--
        (A) the Secretary of Defense; or
        (B) the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    (2) The terms ``local educational agency'', ``secondary 
 school'', and ``State educational agency'' have the meanings 
 given such terms in 

section 8101 of the Elementary and 
 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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