Veterans’ Preference Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-5927
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-11-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Veterans' Preference Parity Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for certain veterans to qualify for a preference in the federal hiring process.</p> <p>Specifically, an individual who is honorably discharged from active duty service is eligible for a veterans' preference, if the active duty service was performed for more than 180 total days (currently, consecutive days).</p> <p>Additionally, a retired member of the Armed Forces is eligible for a veterans' preference, even if the retiree (1) is not a disabled veteran and (2) retired at or above the rank of major or its equivalent.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5927 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 9, 2021 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mrs. Steel , Mr. Turner , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Bacon , Mr. Wittman , Ms. Stefanik , Mrs. Rodgers of Washington , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Womack , Mr. Timmons , Mrs. Lesko , Mr. Case , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Joyce of Ohio , Mr. Gaetz , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Phillips , Mr. Gottheimer , and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend title 5 of the United States Code to modify, for purposes of veterans’ preference for Federal hiring, certain requirements with respect to service and retirement, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans’ Preference Parity Act . 2. Veterans’ preference: modification of 180-day service requirement and extension to all retired members of the armed forces Section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraphs (B) and (D) of paragraph (1), by striking consecutive in each instance and inserting total ; (2) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking except as provided in paragraph (4) of this section or section 2108a(c) and inserting consistent with paragraph (4) of this section and except as provided in section 2108a(c) ; and (3) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: (4) preference eligible includes a retired member of the armed forces; and .