119-s914

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 914 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 914

 To make veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily dismissed 
 without cause eligible for reinstatement, to require reports from 
 Executive agencies on the number of veteran employees fired from such 
 agencies, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 10, 2025

 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Kim, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Gallego, Mr. 
 Blumenthal, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Booker, and Mr. 
 Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

 To make veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily dismissed 
 without cause eligible for reinstatement, to require reports from 
 Executive agencies on the number of veteran employees fired from such 
 agencies, 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 ``Protect Veteran Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; 
 EXECUTIVE AGENCY REPORTS ON REMOVAL OF VETERANS.

    (a) Eligibility for Reinstatement.--Any individual who is a veteran 
and who was involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause 
from a position in the civil service during the period beginning on 
January 20, 2025, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall be eligible for reinstatement to such position or any other 
position in the civil service for which the individual is qualified.

    (b) Reports Required.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
 January 20, 2029, the head of each Executive agency shall 
 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
 former employees of such agency who are veterans and were 
 removed or otherwise dismissed from the agency.

    (2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph

    (1) shall 
 include the following:
        (A) The total number of former employees of the 
 agency who are veterans and were removed or otherwise 
 dismissed from the agency during the period covered by 
 the report.
        (B) The reason for each such removal or dismissal.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
 Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs of the Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
 Reform and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
 House of Representatives.

    (2) Civil service.--The term ``civil service'' has the 
 meaning given that term in 

section 2101 of title 5, United 
 States Code.

    (3) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
 the meaning given that term in 

section 105 of title 5, United 
 States Code.

    (4) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
 that term in 

section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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