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HR 1774 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Employment discrimination and employee rights Health information and medical records Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

Introduced: April 26, 2013 Introduced by: Doggett, Lloyd Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
May 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 26, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 26, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Expands the definition of "service in the uniformed services" for the purposes of uniformed servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights to include a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment to obtain medical treatment for an injury or illness recognized as service connected by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), or for which a line-of-duty document has been granted by the Secretary of Defense (DOD).

Directs such a person intending to return to a position of employment to notify the employer within a specified time period.

Requires a person submitting an application for reemployment due to such an absence for medical treatment to provide the employer, upon request, with documentation to establish eligibility for reemployment, including a link between the injury or illness and the medical treatment obtained.

What's happening now May 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jul 31, 2014
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 31, 2014
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jan 29, 2014
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 23, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· May 23, 2013
Bishop, Timothy
· Apr 26, 2013
HINOJOSA, RUBEN
· Apr 26, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 26, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 26, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1774: Wounded Veteran Job Security Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1774/
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