[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 1632 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1632

  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the annual report 
               required on veterans' reemployment rights.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2007

  Mr. Reichert (for himself and Mr. Walz of Minnesota) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the annual report 
               required on veterans' reemployment rights.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Veterans' Reemployment Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS REPORT IMPROVEMENT.

    (a) Additional Report Requirements.--Section 4332 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary shall'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Report Required.--The Secretary shall'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (6) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (7), respectively, and inserting after 
        paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4):
            ``(4) The number of cases reviewed by the Secretary of 
        Defense under the National Committee for Employer Support of 
        the Guard and Reserve of the Department of Defense during the 
        fiscal year for which the report is made.''.
            (3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking ``or 
        (3)'' and inserting ``(3), or (4)'';
            (4) by redesignating paragraph (7), as so redesignated, as 
        paragraph (8), and inserting after paragraph (6) the following 
        new paragraph (7):
            ``(7) An indication of which of the cases reported on 
        pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) are disability-
        related.''.
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(b) Uniform Categorization of Data.--The Secretary shall 
coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel to ensure that 
the information required to be submitted as part of the report under 
subsection (a) is categorized in a uniform way.
    ``(c) Provision of Information.--The Secretary shall provide the 
information contained in the report required under subsection (a) to 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 
Attorney General, and the Special Counsel.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to a report submitted after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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