Protect Veteran Jobs Act
Official title: To reinstate veteran Federal employees, to require reports from executive branch agencies of the Federal Government on the number of veteran employees fired from such agencies, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Protect Veteran Jobs Act
This bill provides reinstatement eligibility to veterans who were involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from civil service positions from January 20, 2025, through the date of enactment of this bill. Such veterans must be eligible for reinstatement to their former positions or any other civil service positions for which they are qualified.
Each executive branch agency must regularly report through January 20, 2029, to Congress regarding veteran employees who were removed or otherwise dismissed from the agency, including the total number of employees removed and the reasons for the dismissals.
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- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Energy, Dept of
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1637: Protect Veteran Jobs Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1637/
"H.R. 1637: Protect Veteran Jobs Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1637/.
H.R. 1637, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1637/.
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