,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aggd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,doggett 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,grimm1
 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4  
,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,eddie  
,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,lee  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4   
,rangel1 ,mr4 ,hinojosa1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,enyart1 ,mr4 ,dingell1 and ,mr4   
,bishop of ,new ,york7 introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for the       
reemployment of certain persons         
following absences from a position of   
employment for the purpose of obtaining 
medical treatment for certain injuries  
and illnesses1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,wounded ,veteran ,job ,security
 ,act4  #b4 ,expansion of definition of 
service in uniformed services for       
purposes of ,,userra ,section #dcjc7ac7 

of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended to read as follows3  7#ac7 ,the 
term service in the uniformed services  
means the performance of duty on a      
voluntary or involuntary basis in a     
uniformed service under competent       
authority and includes active duty1     
active duty for training1 initial active
 duty for training1 inactive duty       
training1 full-time ,national ,guard    
duty1 a period for which a person is    
absent from a position of employment for
 the purpose of an examination to       
determine the fitness of the person to  
perform any such duty1 a period for     
which a person is absent from employment
 for the purpose of performing funeral  
honors duty as authorized by section    
#abejc of title #aj or section #aae of  
title #cb1 and a period for which a     
person is absent from a position of     
employment for the purpose of obtaining 
medical treatment for an injury or      
illness recognized by the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs as a                 

service-connected1 or for which a line  
of duty document has been granted by the
 ,secretary of ,defense4  4  #c4        
,documentation of treatment for purposes
 of reemployment under ,,userra ,section
 #dcab7;f7 of such title is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#b7   
through 7#d7 as paragraphs 7#c7 through 
7#e72  7#b7 by inserting after paragraph
 7#a7 the following new paragraph 7#b73 
7#b7 ,a person who submits an           
application for reemployment due to an  
absence for the purpose of obtaining    
medical treatment for an injury or      
illness referred to in section #dcjc7ac7
 of this title shall provide to the     
person's employer 7upon the request of  
such employer7 documentation to         
establish the individual's eligibility  
for reemployment on that basis4 ,such an
 application shall include sufficient   
documentation to establish a link       
between the injury or illness and the   
medical treatment the person obtained4  
2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#c71 as so        

redesignated1 by striking paragraph 7#a7
 and inserting paragraph 7#a7 or        
paragraph 7#b72 and  7#d7 in paragraph  
7#d77;,a71 as so redesignated--  7,a7 by
 striking paragraph 7#b7 and inserting  
paragraph 7#c72 and  7,b7 by striking   
paragraph 7#a7 and inserting paragraph  
7#a7 or should be deemed ineligible for 
reemployment on the grounds of paragraph
 7#b74  #d4 ,notification of employer of
 intent to return to a position of      
employment ,section #dcab7;e77#a77;,a7  
of such title is amended by inserting   
after #ca days the following3 or a      
person who was absent from a position of
 employment for the purpose of obtaining
 medical treatment for an injury or     
illness recognized by the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs as a                 
service-connected1 or for which a #8line
 of duty' document has been granted by  
the ,secretary of ,defense4  #e4        
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall take effect on the date 
that is #ij days after the date of the  

enactment of this ,act4