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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6372 
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider veterans before 
non-veterans with respect to employment in the competitive service at 
the Department, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 
Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider 
veterans before non-veterans with respect to employment 
in the competitive service at the Department, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Employment 
Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY CONSIDERATION OF VETERANS BE-
FORE NON-VETERANS BY THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs shall consider all qualified 
veterans for employment before any non-veteran. Among 
qualified veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs 
shall consider service-connected disabilities rating of 30 
percent before non service-connected disabled veterans. If 
no veterans are qualified, the Department may hire non- 
veterans upon transmitting certification to that effect to 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON VETERAN EMPLOYMENT IN THE COM-
PETITIVE SERVICE. 
Not later than April 1 of each of years 2013 through 
2020, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
shall submit an annual report to Congress with respect 
to veterans hiring in the competitive service. Such report 
shall include the following: 
(1) The number of veterans (as that term is de-
fined under section 2108(1) of title 5, United States 
Code) who also qualify as preference eligibles under 
section 2108(3) of such title. 
(2) The number of such veterans that were ap-
pointed to the competitive service during the pre-
vious year. 
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(3) The success rate of employment resources, 
including the USA Jobs and Feds Hire Vets Inter-
net Web sites, at placing such veterans in positions 
of employment in the competitive service, as meas-
ured by the percentage of such veterans at each level 
of preference who— 
(A) apply for a position within the com-
petitive service using such resources; and 
(B) receive an offer of employment as a re-
sult of such application. 
(4) A comparison of previous year reports and 
hiring trends with respect to such veterans. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘competitive serv-
ice’’ has the meaning given that term in section 2102 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
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