119th Congress
H.R. 1242
Hire Veterans Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Elijah Crane(R-AZ)
- Introduced
- Feb 12, 2025
- Policy area
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture; House Committee on Natural Resources; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (5)
Original cosponsors (1)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
Added later (4)
- Mary E. Miller (R-IL) · Feb 27, 2025
- Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) · Feb 27, 2025
- Tim Burchett (R-TN) · Mar 3, 2025
- W. Gregory Steube (R-FL) · Sep 1, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
Hire Veterans Act
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to establish a five-year pilot program to recruit veterans with relevant strengths and abilities and refer them to positions in federal land management agencies (e.g., the National Park Service).
OPM shall conduct tests of certain strengths and abilities for veterans participating in the program. After testing, federal land management agencies may offer non-competitive career-conditional appointments to such veterans demonstrating necessary strengths and abilities. Such agencies may also refer veterans not demonstrating sufficient strengths and abilities in the tests to training programs, and then re-administer such tests until the veteran qualifies for a non-competitive career-conditional appointment.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 12, 2025 · House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. - Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in House