S. 3636 118th Congress Senate

Hire Veterans Act

Official title: A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program to identify and refer veterans for potential employment with … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program to identify and refer veterans for potential employment with Federal land management agencies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 14, 2024 See on congress.gov

Public Lands and Natural Resources Aviation and airportsBiological and life sciencesCongressional oversightDepartment of the Interior

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Earth sciencesEcologyEmployee hiringEmployment and training programsFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelGeography and mappingGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHydrology and hydrographyInfrastructure developmentLand use and conservationOutdoor recreationVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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Jan 23, 2024

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

Jan 23, 2024

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action January 23, 2024

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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