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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2996 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2996

 To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to 
 individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with 
 respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the 
 State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 October 9, 2025

Mr. Sheehy (for himself and Ms. Slotkin) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
 Administration

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 A BILL

 To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to 
 individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with 
 respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the 
 State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Hiring Preference for Veterans and 
Americans With Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO HIRING OF ELECTION 
 WORKERS.

    (a) Preferences for Veterans and Individuals With Disabilities.--

    (1) Preferences.--In hiring election workers to administer 
 an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the State or 
 local jurisdiction may give preference to individuals who are 
 veterans or individuals with a disability.

    (2) Individual with a disability defined.--In this 
 subsection, an ``individual with a disability'' means an 
 individual with an impairment that substantially limits any 
 major life activities.

    (b) Preference and Waiver of Residency Requirement for Spouses and 
Dependents of Absent Military Voters.--

    (1) Preference and waivers.--In hiring election workers to 
 administer an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the 
 State or local jurisdiction--
        (A) may give preference to an individual who is a 
 nonresident military spouse or dependent; and
        (B) may not refuse to hire such an individual as an 
 election worker solely on the grounds that the 
 individual does not maintain a place of residence in 
 the State or local jurisdiction.

    (2) Nonresident military spouse or dependent defined.--In 
 this subsection, a ``nonresident military spouse or dependent'' 
 means an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter 
 under 

section 107

    (1)
            (C) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen 
 Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310

    (1)
            (C) ).
            (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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