Careers for Heroes Act - Directs the head of each federal agency other than the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan for exercising, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, authority to make veterans recruitment appointments and authority under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998.
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure that, under such plans, agencies shall appoint no less than 15,000 qualified covered veterans during such period. (Covered veterans include those who: (1) are disabled or recently separated; (2) served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or (3) while serving on active duty, participated in a military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded.)
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3615 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3615
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the hiring of
veterans by the Federal Government.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 21, 2013
Mr. Reichert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the hiring of
veterans by the Federal Government.
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 ``Careers for Heroes Act''.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 4214 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) The requirement under this paragraph is in addition to the
appointment of qualified covered veterans under the authority under
paragraph (1) by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department
of Defense.
``(B) The head of each agency (excluding the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs and the Secretary of Defense), in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop and
implement a plan for exercising the authority specified in subparagraph
(C) during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this paragraph.
``(C) The authority specified in this subparagraph is the authority
as follows:
``(i) The authority under paragraph (1).
``(ii) The authority available to the agency concerned
under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (Public
Law 105-339) and the amendments made by that Act.
``(D) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
ensure that under the plans developed under subparagraph (B), agencies
shall appoint to existing vacancies not fewer than 15,000 qualified
covered veterans during the five-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this paragraph. For purposes of complying with this
subparagraph, an appointment pursuant to the authority referred to in
subparagraph (C)(ii) shall not count toward the number required by this
subparagraph unless the appointment is to a vacancy in a full-time,
permanent position.'';
(2) in subsection (d), in the third sentence, by inserting
``(including, during the five-year period beginning on the date
of the enactment of paragraph (4) of subsection (b), the
development and implementation by each agency of the plan
required under such paragraph, which shall include information
regarding the grade or pay level of appointments by the agency
under the plan and whether the appointments are, or are
converted to, career or career-conditional appointments)''
after ``subsection (b) of this section''; and
(3) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter before subparagraph (A),
by striking ``to the Congress'' and inserting
``to the appropriate committees of Congress'';
and
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``(including, during the five-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of
paragraph (4) of subsection (b), the
development and implementation by the agency of
the plan required under such paragraph, which
shall include information regarding the grade
or pay level of appointments by the agency
under the plan and whether the appointments
are, or are converted to, permanent
appointments)'' before the period; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(3) In this subsection, the term `appropriate committees of
Congress' means--
``(A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
and
``(B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of
Representatives.''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress (as defined under
section 4214(e)(3) of title 38, United States Code, as amended by
subsection (a)) a report containing a plan to carry out the amendments
made by subsection (a).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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