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Hire Veterans Act

Introduced: January 23, 2024 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 23, 2024
Introduced in Senate
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Hire Veterans Act

This bill establishes a pilot program, administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to recruit veterans with relevant strengths and abilities and refer them to positions in federal land management agencies.

OPM shall conduct tests of certain strengths and abilities for veterans participating in the program. After testing, federal land management agencies may offer non-competitive career-conditional appointments to such veterans demonstrating necessary strengths and abilities. Such agencies may also refer veterans not demonstrating sufficient strengths and abilities in the tests to training programs, and then re-administer such tests until the veteran qualifies for a non-competitive career-conditional appointment.

What's happening now January 23, 2024

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7490 Identical bill Hire Veterans Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · May 14, 2024
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2024
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Jan 23, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3636: Hire Veterans Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3636/
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"S. 3636: Hire Veterans Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3636/.
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S. 3636, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3636/.
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