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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3615 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the hiring of veterans 

by the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

hiring of veterans by the Federal Government. 

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 ‘‘Careers for Heroes 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS WITH THE FEDERAL 

7 GOVERNMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4214 of title 38, United 

9 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(4)(A) The requirement under this paragraph is in 

4 addition to the appointment of qualified covered veterans 

5 under the authority under paragraph (1) by the Depart6 ment of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. 

7 ‘‘(B) The head of each agency (excluding the Sec8 retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense), 

9 in consultation with the Director of the Office of Per10 sonnel Management, shall develop and implement a plan 

11 for exercising the authority specified in subparagraph (C) 

12 during the five-year period beginning on the date of the 

13 enactment of this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(C) The authority specified in this subparagraph is 

15 the authority as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) The authority under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(ii) The authority available to the agency con18 cerned under the Veterans Employment Opportuni19 ties Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–339) and the 

20 amendments made by that Act. 

21 ‘‘(D) The Director of the Office of Personnel Man22 agement shall ensure that under the plans developed 

23 under subparagraph (B), agencies shall appoint to existing 

24 vacancies not fewer than 15,000 qualified covered veterans 

25 during the five-year period beginning on the date of the 


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1 enactment of this paragraph. For purposes of complying 

2 with this subparagraph, an appointment pursuant to the 

3 authority referred to in subparagraph (C)(ii) shall not 

4 count toward the number required by this subparagraph 

5 unless the appointment is to a vacancy in a full-time, per6 manent position.’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (d), in the third sentence, by 

8 inserting ‘‘(including, during the five-year period be9 ginning on the date of the enactment of paragraph 

10 (4) of subsection (b), the development and imple11 mentation by each agency of the plan required under 

12 such paragraph, which shall include information re13 garding the grade or pay level of appointments by 

14 the agency under the plan and whether the appoint15 ments are, or are converted to, career or career-con16 ditional appointments)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b) of this 

17 section’’; and 

18 (3) in subsection (e)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in the matter before subparagraph 

21 (A), by striking ‘‘to the Congress’’ and in22 serting ‘‘to the appropriate committees of 

23 Congress’’; and 

24 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

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1 ginning on the date of the enactment of 

2 paragraph (4) of subsection (b), the devel3 opment and implementation by the agency 

4 of the plan required under such paragraph, 

5 which shall include information regarding 

6 the grade or pay level of appointments by 

7 the agency under the plan and whether the 

8 appointments are, or are converted to, per9 manent appointments)’’ before the period; 

10 and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate com14 mittees of Congress’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 

16 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern17 mental Affairs of the Senate; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 

19 the Committee on Oversight and Government Re20 form of the House of Representatives.’’. 

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Per23 sonnel Management shall submit to the appropriate com24 mittees of Congress (as defined under section 4214(e)(3) 

25 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by subsection 


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1 (a)) a report containing a plan to carry out the amend2 ments made by subsection (a). 

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