118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 3636Hire Veterans Act

A bill to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish a pilot program to identify and refer veterans for potential employment with Federal land management agencies, and for other purposes.

Public lands and natural resources
Introduced Jan 23, 2024
Last action Jan 23, 2024
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jan 23, 2024
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Referred
Jan 23, 2024
Veterans' Affairs
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill establishes a pilot program, administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to recruit veterans with relevant strengths and abilities and refer them to positions in federal land management agencies. OPM shall conduct tests of certain strengths and abilities for veterans participating in the program. After testing, federal land management agencies may offer non-competitive career-conditional appointments to such veterans demonstrating necessary strengths and abilities. Such agencies may also refer veterans not demonstrating sufficient strengths and abilities in the tests to training programs, and then re-administer such tests until the veteran qualifies for a non-competi...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jan 23, 2024
Introduced in Senate
Jan 23, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.