Official Summaries

Protect Veteran Jobs Act

This bill provides reinstatement eligibility to veterans who were involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from civil service positions from January 20, 2025, through the date of enactment of this bill. Such veterans must be eligible for reinstatement to their former positions or any other civil service positions for which they are qualified.

Each executive branch agency must regularly report through January 20, 2029, to Congress regarding veteran employees who were removed or otherwise dismissed from the agency, including the total number of employees removed and the reasons for the dismissals. 

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1637 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1637

    To reinstate veteran Federal employees, to require reports from 
 executive branch agencies of the Federal Government on the number of 
  veteran employees fired from such agencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

Mr. Tran (for himself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Thompson 
  of California, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Levin, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Veasey, Mr. 
   Garamendi, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Titus, Ms. McBride, Ms. 
Strickland, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. 
Horsford, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Correa, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. 
Suozzi, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Fields, Mr. Turner of Texas, Mr. 
   Vindman, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. 
   Schneider, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Riley of New York, Ms. Scholten, Ms. 
Norton, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Hernandez, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. 
    Tlaib, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Escobar, Ms. 
  Randall, Mr. Olszewski, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
  Gottheimer, Mr. Carson, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Min, Mr. Figures, and Mr. 
    Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reinstate veteran Federal employees, to require reports from 
 executive branch agencies of the Federal Government 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 BRANCH AGENCY REPORTS ON REMOVAL OF VETERANS.

    (a) Reinstatement.--Any individual who is a veteran and who was 
involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from a civil 
service position during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and 
ending on the date of the enactment of this section shall be eligible 
for reinstatement to such position or any other civil service position 
for which the individual is qualified.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and every three months thereafter, 
        the head of each executive branch agency of the Federal 
        Government shall submit, to the appropriate congressional 
        committees, a report on veteran employees of such agency who 
        were removed or otherwise dismissed from the agency.
            (2) Contents.--Any report submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) the total number of veteran employees removed 
                or otherwise dismissed from the agency during the 
                period covered by the report; and
                    (B) the reason for each such removal or dismissal.
            (3) Sunset.--The requirement to submit reports under this 
        subsection shall terminate on January 20, 2029.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                Reform and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Veterans' 
                Affairs of the Senate;
            (2) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (3) the term ``veteran'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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