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H.R. 3615 113th Congress House

Careers for Heroes Act

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the hiring of veterans by the Federal Government.

Introduced: November 21, 2013 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Employee hiringGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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Dec 11, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Nov 21, 2013
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.
Nov 21, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 11, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.)

 Related & companion bills 5
  • S 495 Careers for Veterans Act of 2013
  • S 944 Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013
  • S 1950 Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
  • S 1982 Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014
  • S 2413 Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3615: Careers for Heroes Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3615/
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