I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2875 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment 
of certain persons following absences from a position of employment 
for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and 
illnesses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 
Mr. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. 
REYES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. STARK, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GENE GREEN 
of Texas, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
DONNELLY of Indiana, Ms. RICHARDSON, and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
reemployment of certain persons following absences from 
a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining 
medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wounded Veteran Job 
Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF SERVICE IN UNI-
FORMED 
SERVICES 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OF 
USERRA. 
Section 4303(13) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) The term ‘service in the uniformed serv-
ices’ means the performance of duty on a voluntary 
or involuntary basis in a uniformed service under 
competent authority and includes active duty, active 
duty for training, initial active duty for training, in-
active duty training, full-time National Guard duty, 
a period for which a person is absent from a position 
of employment for the purpose of an examination to 
determine the fitness of the person to perform any 
such duty, a period for which a person is absent 
from employment for the purpose of performing fu-
neral honors duty as authorized by section 12503 of 
title 10 or section 115 of title 32, and a period for 
which a person is absent from a position of employ-
ment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment 
for an injury or illness recognized by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs as a service-connected, or for 
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which a ‘line of duty’ document has been granted by 
the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 3. DOCUMENTATION OF TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES 
OF REEMPLOYMENT UNDER USERRA. 
Section 4312(f) of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5); 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) A person who submits an application for reem-
ployment due to an absence for the purpose of obtaining 
medical treatment for an injury or illness referred to in 
section 4303(13) of this title shall provide to the person’s 
employer (upon the request of such employer) documenta-
tion to establish the individual’s eligibility for reemploy-
ment on that basis. Such an application shall include suffi-
cient documentation to establish a link between the injury 
or illness and the medical treatment the person obtained.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1) or paragraph (2)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4)(A), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (1) or should be deemed in-
eligible for reemployment on the grounds of 
paragraph (2)’’. 
SEC. 4. NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYER OF INTENT TO RE-
TURN TO A POSITION OF EMPLOYMENT. 
Section 4312(e)(1)(A) of such title is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘31 days’’ the following: ‘‘or a person who 
was absent from a position of employment for the purpose 
of obtaining medical treatment for an injury or illness rec-
ognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as a service- 
connected, or for which a ‘line of duty’ document has been 
granted by the Secretary of Defense’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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