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

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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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