[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6372 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6372

  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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2012

   Mr. Coffman of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was 
 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

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                                 A BILL


 
  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.

    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 ``Veterans Employment Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY CONSIDERATION OF VETERANS BEFORE NON-VETERANS BY THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall consider all qualified veterans for employment 
before any non-veteran. Among qualified veterans, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall consider service-connected disabilities rating 
of 30 percent before non service-connected disabled veterans. If no 
veterans are qualified, the Department may hire non-veterans upon 
transmitting certification to that effect to the Office of Personnel 
Management.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON VETERAN EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE.

    Not later than April 1 of each of years 2013 through 2020, the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall submit an annual 
report to Congress with respect to veterans hiring in the competitive 
service. Such report shall include the following:
            (1) The number of veterans (as that term is defined under 
        section 2108(1) of title 5, United States Code) who also 
        qualify as preference eligibles under section 2108(3) of such 
        title.
            (2) The number of such veterans that were appointed to the 
        competitive service during the previous year.
            (3) The success rate of employment resources, including the 
        USA Jobs and Feds Hire Vets Internet Web sites, at placing such 
        veterans in positions of employment in the competitive service, 
        as measured by the percentage of such veterans at each level of 
        preference who--
                    (A) apply for a position within the competitive 
                service using such resources; and
                    (B) receive an offer of employment as a result of 
                such application.
            (4) A comparison of previous year reports and hiring trends 
        with respect to such veterans.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``competitive service'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.
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