Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1320
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2013-07-18
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military education and training

National Guard and reserves

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013 - Grants hiring preferences for federal employment to members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who: (1) have successfully completed officer candidate training or entry level and skill training and have incurred, or are performing, a 6-year commitment with a reserve component (3 point preference); (2) have completed at least 10 years of service with a reserve component and has earned at least 50 retirement points per year (4 point preference); or (3) are retired from service in a reserve component and are eligible for, but have not yet begun receiving, retired pay for non-regular service (5 point preference). </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1320 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013 . 2. Preference eligibility for members of reserve components of the armed forces Section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (G)(iii), by striking and at the end; (B) by inserting the following after subparagraph (H): (I) an individual who is a member of a reserve component of the armed forces: (i) who has— (I) successfully completed officer candidate training or entry level and skill training; and (II) incurred, or is performing, an initial period of obligated service in a reserve component of the armed forces of not less than 6 consecutive years; or (ii) who has completed at least 10 years of service in a reserve component of the armed forces in each of which the individual was credited with at least 50 points under section 12732 of title 10 toward the computation of years of service under section 12732 of title 10 for purposes of eligibility for retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10; and (J) an individual who is— (i) retired from service in a reserve component of the armed forces; and (ii) eligible for, but has not yet commenced receipt of, retired pay for non-regular service under chapter 1223 of title 10; ; (2) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end and inserting or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) the individual is a retiree described in paragraph (3)(J); ; (3) in paragraph (5) by striking and at the end; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (6) entry level and skill training has the meaning given that term in section 3301(2) of title 38; and (7) reserve component of the armed forces means a reserve component specified in section 101(27) of title 38. . 3. Tiered hiring preference for members of reserve components of the armed forces Section 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; and (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) a preference eligible under subparagraph (A), (B), or (J) of section 2108(3) of this title—5 points; (3) a preference eligible under section 2108(3)(I)(ii) of this title—4 points; and (4) a preference eligible under section 2108(3)(I)(i) of this title—3 points. .