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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1320 

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

of the armed forces. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 18, 2013 

Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. CRUZ) 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 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS OF RE7 SERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

8 FORCES. 

9 Section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (G)(iii), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (B) by inserting the following after sub5 paragraph (H): 

6 ‘‘(I) an individual who is a member of a re7 serve component of the armed forces: 

8 ‘‘(i) who has— 

9 ‘‘(I) successfully completed offi10 cer candidate training or entry level 

11 and skill training; and 

12 ‘‘(II) incurred, or is performing, 

13 an initial period of obligated service in 

14 a reserve component of the armed 

15 forces of not less than 6 consecutive 

16 years; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) who has completed at least 10 

18 years of service in a reserve component of 

19 the armed forces in each of which the indi20 vidual was credited with at least 50 points 

21 under section 12732 of title 10 toward the 

22 computation of years of service under sec23 tion 12732 of title 10 for purposes of eligi24 bility for retired pay under chapter 1223 

25 of title 10; and 


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1 ‘‘(J) an individual who is— 

2 ‘‘(i) retired from service in a reserve 

3 component of the armed forces; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) eligible for, but has not yet com5 menced receipt of, retired pay for non-reg6 ular service under chapter 1223 of title 

7 10;’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

10 at the end; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) the individual is a retiree described in 

15 paragraph (3)(J);’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

17 end; and 

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

19 ‘‘(6) ‘entry level and skill training’ has the 

20 meaning given that term in section 3301(2) of title 

21 38; and 

22 ‘‘(7) ‘reserve component of the armed forces’ 

23 means a reserve component specified in section 

24 101(27) of title 38.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. TIERED HIRING PREFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF 

2 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

3 FORCES. 

4 Section 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

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

7 end; and 

8 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(2) a preference eligible under subparagraph 

11 (A), (B), or (J) of section 2108(3) of this title—5 

12 points; 

13 ‘‘(3) a preference eligible under section 

14 2108(3)(I)(ii) of this title—4 points; and 

15 ‘‘(4) a preference eligible under section 

16 2108(3)(I)(i) of this title—3 points.’’. 

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