Return on Investment for Military Occupational Specialties Act
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Cisneros introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Secretary of each military department to report to Congress on promotion rates and career advancement challenges for enlisted service members in specialized technical military occupational specialties. The covered specialties include cyber, intelligence analysis, linguistics, engineering, air traffic control, and public affairs.
Who Benefits and How
Enlisted military personnel in technical specialties may indirectly benefit if this oversight leads to fairer promotion policies. The bill addresses concerns that service members in specialized technical roles may face systemic barriers to advancement compared to those in traditional combat roles. Congressional Armed Services Committees benefit by gaining detailed data on promotion patterns, selection rates, and time-in-grade requirements that they can use to identify and address retention issues.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Military departments (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force) must compile detailed promotion data across six specialized career fields, analyze challenges to advancement, and present briefings to Congress within 180 days. This creates additional administrative workload for Pentagon personnel offices.
Key Provisions
- Requires briefings on promotion patterns for six specific technical military occupational specialties: air traffic controller, engineer, intelligence analyst, cyber, linguistics, and public affairs
- Data must cover the three most recent promotion cycles for grades E-6 through E-9
- Must report on whether direct enlistment, bonuses, and MOS changes affect promotions
- Requires analysis of selection rates, average time in grade, and time in service
- Secretaries must identify specific challenges to career advancement in each specialty
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Requires military department secretaries to brief Congress on promotion patterns and advancement challenges for enlisted members in specialized technical military occupational specialties (MOS) including cyber, intelligence, linguistics, and air traffic control.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Congressional oversight to ensure fair promotion opportunities exist for service members in technical specialties that may have different career progression patterns than combat roles"
Likely Beneficiaries
- Enlisted military personnel in technical specialties (cyber, intelligence, linguistics, engineering, air traffic control, public affairs)
- Congressional Armed Services Committees (gain oversight data)
Likely Burden Bearers
- Military departments (must compile and present briefings)
- Pentagon administrative staff (data collection and analysis burden)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of a military department (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force)
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Air traffic controller, Engineer, Intelligence analyst, Cyber, Linguistics, Public affairs
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