3.0.0 6372 2019-11-15T21:41:34Z 2019-11-15T21:41:34Z House H HR 2012-09-11 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado:H.R. 6372.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 12, 13, and 14 of the UnitedStates Constitution reserves to Congress the power to raiseand support Armies, to provide and maintain a Navy, and tomake Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land andnaval Forces.[Page H5860]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2012-09-21T14:54:21Z Referred to 2012-09-11T14:01:10Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-09-11T14:01:05Z 2012-09-21 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2012-09-11 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2012-09-11 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001077 Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6] Mike Coffman R CO 6 N H001055 Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] Joseph Heck R NV J. 3 2012-09-14 False G000567 Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] Tim Griffin R AR 2 2012-11-02 False H001042 Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2 2012-11-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2012-09-11 Introduced in House 2012-11-05T22:56:11Z Veterans Employment Act of 2012 - Instructs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to consider all qualified veterans before any non-veterans for employment in the competitive service at the VA.

Requires the VA to consider, among qualified veterans, those with a service-connected disability having a rating of 30% before considering non-service-connected disabled veterans.

Requires the Director of the VA to submit annual reports to Congress with respect to the hiring of veterans in the competitive service.

]]> Veterans Employment Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Employment Act of 2012 Display Title Veterans Employment Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To require the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider veterans before non-veterans with respect to employment in the competitive service at the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6372ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6372ih.xml 2012-09-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.