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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 517 

To establish a tiered hiring preference for members of the reserve components 

of the Armed Forces. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2019 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a tiered hiring preference for members of the 

reserve components of the Armed Forces. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Reserve Jobs 

5 Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TIERED PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS 

2 OF RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

3 FORCES. 

4 (a) PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS OF

5 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Sec6 tion 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (H), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

11 at the end; and 

12 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(I) a qualified reservist;’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

19 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(6) ‘qualified reservist’ means an individual 

21 who is a member of a reserve component of the 

22 Armed Forces on the date of the applicable deter23 mination— 

24 ‘‘(A) who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) has completed at least 6 years of 

2 service in a reserve component of the 

3 Armed Forces; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) in each year of service in a re5 serve component of the Armed Forces, was 

6 credited with at least 50 points under sec7 tion 12732 of title 10; or 

8 ‘‘(B) who— 

9 ‘‘(i) has completed at least 10 years of 

10 service in a reserve component of the 

11 Armed Forces; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) in each year of service in a re13 serve component of the Armed Forces, was 

14 credited with at least 50 points under sec15 tion 12732 of title 10; and 

16 ‘‘(7) ‘reserve component of the Armed Forces’ 

17 means a reserve component specified in section 

18 101(27) of title 38.’’. 

19 (b) TIERED HIRING PREFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF

20 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Sec21 tion 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end; 

24 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

25 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(3) a preference eligible described in section 

3 2108(6)(B)—3 points; and 

4 ‘‘(4) a preference eligible described in section 

5 2108(6)(A)—2 points.’’. 

6 (c) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 3 years after the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

8 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 

9 that— 

10 (1) assesses Federal employment opportunities 

11 for members of a reserve component of the Armed 

12 Forces; 

13 (2) evaluates the impact of the amendments 

14 made by this section on the hiring of reservists and 

15 veterans by the Federal Government; and 

16 (3) provides recommendations, if any, for 

17 strengthening Federal employment opportunities for 

18 members of a reserve component of the Armed 

19 Forces. 

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