[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4680-S4681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2995. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Kim, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Gallego, 
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Booker, and 
Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERAN FEDERAL 
                   EMPLOYEES; EXECUTIVE AGENCY REPORTS ON REMOVAL 
                   OF VETERANS.

       (a) Eligibility for Reinstatement.--Any individual who is a 
     veteran and who was involuntarily removed or otherwise 
     dismissed without cause from a position in the civil service 
     during the period beginning on January 20, 2025, and ending 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be eligible 
     for reinstatement to such position or any other position in 
     the civil service for which the individual is qualified.
       (b) Reports Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until 
     January

[[Page S4681]]

     20, 2029, the head of each Executive agency shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on former 
     employees of such agency who are veterans and were removed or 
     otherwise dismissed from the agency.
       (2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) The total number of former employees of the agency who 
     are veterans and were removed or otherwise dismissed from the 
     agency during the period covered by the report.
       (B) The reason for each such removal or dismissal.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Civil service.--The term ``civil service'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (3) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (4) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
                                 ______