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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 53 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 3, 2017 

Received 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 244. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 244, 

3 the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 

4 following corrections: 

5 (1) Amend the long title so as to read: ‘‘Making 

6 appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 

7 30, 2017, and for other purposes’’. 


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1 (2) Strike the first section 1 immediately fol2 lowing the enacting clause and all that follows 

3 through ‘‘Sec. 4. Display of Award’’. 

4 (3) In the table of contents for the Consolidated 

5 Appropriations Act, 2017, strike ‘‘Division N— 

6 Honoring Investments in Recruiting and 

7 Employing American Military Veterans 

8 Act of 2017’’ and insert the following: 

DIVISION N—INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2017 

DIVISION O—HONORING INVESTMENTS IN RECRUITING AND 

EMPLOYING AMERICAN MILITARY VETERANS ACT OF 2017 

9 (4) Insert immediately before ‘‘It is unlawful 

10 for any employer to publicly display a HIRE Vets 

11 Medallion Award’’ the following: 

12 ‘‘DIVISION O—HONORING IN13 VESTMENTS IN RECRUITING 

14 AND EMPLOYING AMERICAN 

15 MILITARY VETERANS ACT OF 

16 2017 

17 ‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

18 ‘‘This division may be cited as the ‘Honoring Invest19 ments in Recruiting and Employing American Military 

20 Veterans Act of 2017’ or the ‘HIRE Vets Act’. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2. HIRE VETS MEDALLION AWARD PROGRAM. 

22 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 2 

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1 retary of Labor shall establish, by rule, a HIRE Vets Me2 dallion Program to solicit voluntary information from em3 ployers for purposes of recognizing, by means of an award 

4 to be designated a ‘HIRE Vets Medallion Award’, verified 

5 efforts by such employers— 

6 ‘‘(1) to recruit, employ, and retain veterans; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(2) to provide community and charitable serv9 ices supporting the veteran community. 

10 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION PROCESS.—Beginning in the cal11 endar year following the calendar year in which the Sec12 retary establishes the program, the Secretary shall annu13 ally— 

14 ‘‘(1) solicit and accept voluntary applications 

15 from employers in order to consider whether those 

16 employers should receive a HIRE Vets Medallion 

17 Award; 

18 ‘‘(2) review applications received in each cal19 endar year; and 

20 ‘‘(3) notify such recipients of their awards; and 

21 ‘‘(4) at a time to coincide with the annual com22 memoration of Veterans Day— 

23 ‘‘(A) announce the names of such recipi24 ents; 


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1 ‘‘(B) recognize such recipients through 

2 publication in the Federal Register; and 

3 ‘‘(C) issue to each such recipient— 

4 ‘‘(i) a HIRE Vets Medallion Award of 

5 the level determined under section 3; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) a certificate stating that such 

7 employer is entitled to display such HIRE 

8 Vets Medallion Award. 

9 ‘‘(c) TIMING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) SOLICITATION PERIOD.—The Secretary 

11 shall solicit applications not later than January 31st 

12 of each calendar year for the Awards to be awarded 

13 in November of that calendar year. 

14 ‘‘(2) END OF ACCEPTANCE PERIOD.—The Sec15 retary shall stop accepting applications not earlier 

16 than April 30th of each calendar year for the 

17 Awards to be awarded in November of that calendar 

18 year. 

19 ‘‘(3) REVIEW PERIOD.—The Secretary shall fin20 ish reviewing applications not later than August 31st 

21 of each calendar year for the Awards to be awarded 

22 in November of that calendar year. 

23 ‘‘(4) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—The Sec24 retary shall select the employers to receive HIRE 

25 Vets Medallion Awards not later than September 


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1 30th of each calendar year for the Awards to be 

2 awarded in November of that calendar year. 

3 ‘‘(5) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary 

4 shall notify employers who will receive HIRE Vets 

5 Medallion Awards not later than October 11th of 

6 each calendar year for the Awards to be awarded in 

7 November of that calendar year. 

8 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—An employer who receives a 

9 HIRE Vets Medallion Award for one calendar year is not 

10 eligible to receive a HIRE Vets Medallion Award for the 

11 subsequent calendar year. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 3. SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS. 

13 ‘‘(a) APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review 

15 all applications received in a calendar year to deter16 mine whether an employer should receive a HIRE 

17 Vets Medallion Award, and, if so, of what level. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—The Secretary 

19 shall require that all applications provide informa20 tion on the programs and other efforts of applicant 

21 employers during the calendar year prior to that in 

22 which the medallion is to be awarded, including the 

23 categories and activities governing the level of award 

24 for which the applicant is eligible under subsection 

25 (b). 


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1 ‘‘(3) VERIFICATION.—The Secretary shall verify 

2 all information provided in the applications, to the 

3 extent that such information is relevant in deter4 mining whether or not an employer should receive a 

5 HIRE Vets Medallion Award or in determining the 

6 appropriate level of HIRE Vets Medallion Award for 

7 that employer to receive, including by requiring the 

8 chief executive officer or the chief human relations 

9 officer of the employer to attest under penalty of 

10 perjury that the employer has met the criteria de11 scribed in subsection (b) for a particular level of 

12 Award. 

13 ‘‘(b) AWARDS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) LARGE EMPLOYERS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

16 establish 2 levels of HIRE Vets Medallion 

17 Awards to be awarded to employers employing 

18 500 or more employees, to be designated the 

19 ‘Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award’ and the 

20 ‘Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award’. 

21 ‘‘(B) GOLD HIRE VETS MEDALLION

22 AWARD.—No employer shall be eligible to re23 ceive a Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award in a 

24 given calendar year unless— 


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1 ‘‘(i) veterans constitute not less than 

2 7 percent of all employees hired by such 

3 employer during the prior calendar year; 

4 ‘‘(ii) such employer has retained not 

5 less than 75 percent of the veteran employ6 ees hired during the calendar year pre7 ceding the preceding calendar year for a 

8 period of at least 12 months from the date 

9 on which the employees were hired; 

10 ‘‘(iii) such employer has established 

11 an employee veteran organization or re12 source group to assist new veteran employ13 ees with integration, including coaching 

14 and mentoring; and 

15 ‘‘(iv) such employer has established 

16 programs to enhance the leadership skills 

17 of veteran employees during their employ18 ment. 

19 ‘‘(C) PLATINUM HIRE VETS MEDALLION

20 AWARD.—No employer shall be eligible to re21 ceive a Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award 

22 in a given calendar year unless— 

23 ‘‘(i) the employer meets all the re24 quirements for eligibility for a Gold HIRE 


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1 Vets Medallion Award under subparagraph 

2 (B); 

3 ‘‘(ii) veterans constitute not less than 

4 10 percent of all employees hired by such 

5 employer during the prior calendar year; 

6 ‘‘(iii) such employer has retained not 

7 less than 85 percent of the veteran employ8 ees hired during the calendar year pre9 ceding the preceding calendar year for a 

10 period of at least 12 months from the date 

11 on which the employees were hired; 

12 ‘‘(iv) such employer employs dedicated 

13 human resources professionals to support 

14 hiring and retention of veteran employees, 

15 including efforts focused on veteran hiring 

16 and training; 

17 ‘‘(v) such employer provides each of 

18 its employees serving on active duty in the 

19 United States National Guard or Reserve 

20 with compensation sufficient, in combina21 tion with the employee’s active duty pay, to 

22 achieve a combined level of income com23 mensurate with the employee’s salary prior 

24 to undertaking active duty; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) such employer has a tuition as2 sistance program to support veteran em3 ployees’ attendance in postsecondary edu4 cation during the term of their employ5 ment. 

6 ‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FOR SMALLER EMPLOY7 ERS.—An employer shall be deemed to meet the 

8 requirements of subparagraph (C)(iv) if such 

9 employer— 

10 ‘‘(i) employs 5,000 or fewer employ11 ees; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) employs at least one human re13 sources professional whose regular work 

14 duties include those described under sub15 paragraph (C)(iv). 

16 ‘‘(E) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.—The Sec17 retary may provide, by rule, additional criteria 

18 with which to determine qualifications for re19 ceipt of each level of HIRE Vets Medallion 

20 Award. 

21 ‘‘(2) SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED EMPLOY22 ERS.—The Secretary shall establish similar awards 

23 in order to recognize achievements in supporting vet24 erans by— 


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1 ‘‘(A) employers with 50 or fewer employ2 ees; and 

3 ‘‘(B) employers with more than 50 but 

4 fewer than 500 employees. 

5 ‘‘(c) DESIGN BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 

6 establish the shape, form, and design of each HIRE Vets 

7 Medallion Award, except that the Award shall be in the 

8 form of a certificate and shall state the year for which 

9 it was awarded. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 4. DISPLAY OF AWARD.’’. 

11 (5) In section 5(b) of division O, strike ‘‘Act’’ 

12 and insert ‘‘division’’. 

13 (6) In section 6 of division O, strike ‘‘Act’’ and 

14 insert ‘‘division’’. 

15 (7) In section 8 of division O, strike ‘‘Act’’ and 

16 insert ‘‘division’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 3, 2017. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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