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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY26, 2025
Mr. T
RAN(for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. THOMP-
SONof California, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. VEASEY,
Mr. G
ARAMENDI, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LANDSMAN, Ms. TITUS, Ms.
M
CBRIDE, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MANNION, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr.
S
WALWELL, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. OCASIO-
C
ORTEZ, Mr. CORREA, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. ELFRETH, Mr.
M
CGOVERN, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. TURNERof Texas, Mr. VINDMAN, Mr.
B
OYLEof Pennsylvania, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr. SCHNEIDER,
Ms. S
CHRIER, Mr. RILEYof New York, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Ms. NORTON,
Ms. B
UDZINSKI, Mr. HERNA´NDEZ, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM,
Ms. T
LAIB, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. ESCOBAR,
Ms. R
ANDALL, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut, Mr.
K
HANNA, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. MIN, Mr.
F
IGURES, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To reinstate veteran Federal employees, to require reports
from executive branch agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment on the number of veteran employees fired from
such agencies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Veteran Jobs 2
Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERAN FED-4
ERAL EMPLOYEES; EXECUTIVE BRANCH 5
AGENCY REPORTS ON REMOVAL OF VET-6
ERANS. 7
(a) R
EINSTATEMENT.—Any individual who is a vet-8
eran and who was involuntarily removed or otherwise dis-9
missed without cause from a civil service position during 10
the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending 11
on the date of the enactment of this section shall be eligi-12
ble for reinstatement to such position or any other civil 13
service position for which the individual is qualified. 14
(b) R
EPORT.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 16
the date of the enactment of this Act and every 17
three months thereafter, the head of each executive 18
branch agency of the Federal Government shall sub-19
mit, to the appropriate congressional committees, a 20
report on veteran employees of such agency who 21
were removed or otherwise dismissed from the agen-22
cy. 23
(2) C
ONTENTS.—Any report submitted under 24
paragraph (1) shall include— 25
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(A) the total number of veteran employees 1
removed or otherwise dismissed from the agency 2
during the period covered by the report; and 3
(B) the reason for each such removal or 4
dismissal. 5
(3) S
UNSET.—The requirement to submit re-6
ports under this subsection shall terminate on Janu-7
ary 20, 2029. 8
(c) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section— 9
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-10
mittees’’ means— 11
(A) the Committee on Oversight and Gov-12
ernment Reform and the Committee on Vet-13
erans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; 14
and 15
(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 16
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 17
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate; 18
(2) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 19
given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 20
States Code; and 21
(3) the term ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given 22
that term in section 101 of title 38, United States 23
Code. 24
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