[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4486

 To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to 
  individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with 
  respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the 
          State or local jurisdiction, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 6, 2023

Mr. Mike Garcia of California introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that a State or local jurisdiction may give preference to 
  individuals who are veterans or individuals with a disability with 
  respect to hiring election workers to administer an election in the 
          State or local jurisdiction, 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 ``Hiring Preference for Veterans and 
Americans With Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO HIRING OF ELECTION 
              WORKERS.

    (a) Preferences for Veterans and Individuals With Disabilities.--
            (1) Preferences.--In hiring election workers to administer 
        an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the State or 
        local jurisdiction may give preference to individuals who are 
        veterans or individuals with a disability.
            (2) Individual with a disability defined.--In this 
        subsection, an ``individual with a disability'' means an 
        individual with an impairment that substantially limits any 
        major life activities.
    (b) Preference and Waiver of Residency Requirement for Spouses and 
Dependents of Absent Military Voters.--
            (1) Preference and waivers.--In hiring election workers to 
        administer an election in a State or local jurisdiction, the 
        State or local jurisdiction--
                    (A) may give preference to an individual who is a 
                nonresident military spouse or dependent; and
                    (B) may not refuse to hire such an individual as an 
                election worker solely on the grounds that the 
                individual does not maintain a place of residence in 
                the State or local jurisdiction.
            (2) Nonresident military spouse or dependent defined.--In 
        this subsection, a ``nonresident military spouse or dependent'' 
        means an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter 
        under section 107(1)(C) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizen 
        Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(1)(C)).
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