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Hire Veterans Act

Introduced: February 27, 2025 Introduced by: Crane, Elijah Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Feb 12, 2025
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Hire Veterans Act

This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a five-year pilot program to recruit veterans with relevant strengths and abilities and refer them to positions in federal land management agencies (e.g., the National Park Service).

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 February 12, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
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Burchett, Tim
Tennessee · Mar 3, 2025
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Feb 27, 2025
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Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Feb 27, 2025
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Levin, Mike
California · Feb 12, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1242: Hire Veterans Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1242/
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"H.R. 1242: Hire Veterans Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1242/.
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H.R. 1242, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1242/.
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[H.R. 1242: Hire Veterans Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1242/)
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