Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2235
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2017-12-14
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security

Congressional oversight

Employee hiring

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

National Guard and reserves

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2017</a></b></p> <p>This bill establishes tiered hiring preferences for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. The bill grants: (1) a 2-point preference to current members of a reserve component who have completed at least 6 years of service in a reserve component and were credited with at least 50 retirement points in each year of service, and (2) a 3-point preference to current members of a reserve component who have completed a least 10 years of service and were credited with at least 50 retirement points in each year of service.</a></p> <p>The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on federal employment opportunities for members of a reserve component and the impact of this bill on the hiring of reservists and veterans by the federal government.</a></p>

tv_txt: II 115th Congress 1st Session S. 2235 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 14, 2017 Mr. Donnelly (for himself 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 2017 . 2. Tiered preference eligibility for members of reserve components of the armed forces (a) 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)(ii), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (H), by adding and at the end; and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following: (I) a qualified reservist; ; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (6) qualified reservist means an individual who is a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces on the date of the applicable determination— (A) who— (i) has completed at least 6 years of service in a reserve component of the Armed Forces; and (ii) in each year of service in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, was credited with at least 50 points under section 12732 of title 10; or (B) who— (i) has completed at least 10 years of service in a reserve component of the Armed Forces; and (ii) in each year of service in a reserve component of the Armed Forces, was credited with at least 50 points under section 12732 of title 10; and (7) reserve component of the Armed Forces means a reserve component specified in section 101(27) of title 38. . (b) 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; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) a preference eligible described in section 2108(6)(B)—3 points; and (4) a preference eligible described in section 2108(6)(A)—2 points. . (c) GAO review Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that— (1) assesses Federal employment opportunities for members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces; (2) evaluates the impact of the amendments made by this section on the hiring of reservists and veterans by the Federal Government; and (3) provides recommendations, if any, for strengthening Federal employment opportunities for members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces.