[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1006 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1006

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide veterans' preference 
 status to certain individuals who served on active duty in the armed 
 forces in connection with Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert 
                     Storm, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1997

  Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. McHale) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                          Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide veterans' preference 
 status to certain individuals who served on active duty in the armed 
 forces in connection with Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert 
                     Storm, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) section 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``the date of enactment of 
                        the Veterans' Education and Employment 
                        Assistance Act of 1976,'' and inserting 
                        ``October 15, 1976,''; and
                            (ii) by adding ``or'' after the semicolon; 
                        and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
                following:
                    ``(C) served on active duty as defined by section 
                101(21) of title 38 in the armed forces in connection 
                with Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm, 
                whether or not in the Persian Gulf theater of 
                operations;'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting ``or (C)'' after 
        ``paragraph (1)(B)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
``A benefit afforded under this title by reason of an individual's 
meeting the definition of `preference eligible' under paragraph (3) 
shall be subject to the minimum active-duty service requirement under 
section 5303A(d) of title 38, if applicable.''.
    (b) Section 3309(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``2108(3)(A)'' and inserting ``2108(3)(A)-(B)''.
    (c) Subparagraph (B) of section 2108(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``511(d)'' and inserting ``12103(d)''.
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