Bill Details
S.914 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced Date
2025-03-10
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (10)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-New Jersey]
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-Arizona]
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-Arizona]
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-Connecticut]
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-Virginia]
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-Minnesota]
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-Nevada]
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-New Jersey]
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-Illinois]
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-Virginia]
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This bill would help federal workers who are veterans if they were removed from their jobs without a good reason. It would let those veterans ask to be hired back into their old jobs, or into other federal jobs they are qualified for. The bill would also require executive agencies to regularly report to Congress on veterans who were fired or otherwise removed, including how many there were and why they were let go.
- Veteran federal employees who were involuntarily removed or dismissed without cause between January 20, 2025, and the date the bill becomes law could be eligible for reinstatement.
- Agencies would have to send a report to Congress within 60 days after the bill becomes law, and then every 90 days after that until January 20, 2029.
- Each report would need to list the total number of veteran former employees who were removed or dismissed during the covered period and explain the reason for each case.
- The reports would go to the main oversight and veterans’ committees in both the Senate and the House.
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Current Full Text
[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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