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Veterans Employment Act of 2012

Introduced: September 11, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Sep 11, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
Sep 11, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Employment Act of 2012 - Instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to consider all qualified veterans before any non-veterans for employment in the competitive service at the VA.

Requires the VA to consider, among qualified veterans, those with a service-connected disability having a rating of 30% before considering non-service-connected disabled veterans.

Requires the Director of the VA to submit annual reports to Congress with respect to the hiring of veterans in the competitive service.

What's happening now September 21, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Nov 27, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6372: Veterans Employment Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6372/
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