[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6014]
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  SA 3752. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Booker) 
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, if such position is 
     vacant or has otherwise been eliminated from the relevant 
     agency, or any other position in the civil service for which 
     the individual is qualified.
       (b) Coordination With Agencies.--The head of each Executive 
     agency shall coordinate with the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management--
       (1) to identify veterans described in subsection (a);
       (2) to determine the status of the position for which each 
     such veteran served when they received notice of termination; 
     and
       (3) to develop and implement a publicly available, agency-
     wide procedural instruction for terminated veteran outreach 
     and job placement.
       (c) Reports Required.--
       (1) Initial report.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, 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 as described in subsection (a).
       (2) Subsequent reports.--Not later than 90 days after 
     submission of the report required under paragraph (1), and 
     every 90 days thereafter until January 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 since the most recent report 
     submitted under this subsection.
       (3) Elements.--Each report required under this subsection 
     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.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       (D) 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.
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