,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bghe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,walz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,denham1 ,mr4 
,bentivolio1 and ,ms4 ,speier7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to improve the hiring of 
veterans by the ,federal ,government and
 ,state governments1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military ,reserve  
,jobs ,act4  #b4 ,preference eligibility
 for members of reserve components of   
the armed forces appointed to           
competitive service2 clarification of   
appeal rights  7a7 ,preference          
eligibility ,section #bajh of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7,a7 in       
subparagraph 7,g77iii71 by striking and 
at the end2  7,b7 by inserting the      
following after subparagraph 7,h73  7,i7

 an individual who is a member of a     
reserve component of the armed forces3  
7i7 who has--  7,i7 successfully        
completed officer candidate training or 
entry level and skill training2 and     
7,,ii7 incurred1 or is performing1 an   
initial period of obligated service in a
 reserve component of the armed forces  
of not less than #f consecutive years2  
or  7ii7 who has completed at least #aj 
years of service in a reserve component 
of the armed forces in each of which the
 individual was credited with at least  
#ej points under section #abgcb of title
 #aj toward the computation of years of 
service under section #abgcb of title   
#aj for purposes of eligibility for     
retired pay under chapter #abbc of title
 #aj2 and  7,j7 an individual who is--  
7i7 retired from service in a reserve   
component of the armed forces2 and  7ii7
 eligible for1 but has not yet commenced
 receipt of1 retired pay for non-regular
 service under chapter #abbc of title   
#aj2  2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#d7--  7,a7 

in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking or at 
the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by 
striking and at the end and inserting   
or2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end the  
following3  7,c7 the individual is a    
retiree described in paragraph          
7#c77;,j72  2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#e7 by
 striking and at the end2 and  7#d7 by  
adding at the end the following3  7#f7  
entry level and skill training has the  
meaning given that term in section      
#ccja7b7 of title #ch2 and  7#g7 reserve
 component of the armed forces means a  
reserve component specified in section  
#aja7bg7 of title #ch4  4  7b7 ,tiered  
hiring preference for members of reserve
 components of the armed forces ,section
 #ccji of title #e1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#a71 by striking and at the end2 and   
7#b7 by striking paragraph 7#b7 and     
inserting the following3  7#b7 a        
preference eligible under subparagraph  
7,a71 7,b71 or 7,j7 of section #bajh7c7 
of this title--#e points2  7#c7 a       

preference eligible under section       
#bajh7c77;,i77ii7 of this title--#d     
points2 and  7#d7 a preference eligible 
under section #bajh7c77;,i77i7 of this  
title--#c points4  4  7c7 ,clarification
 of appeal rights  7#a7 ,in general     
,section #cccj;a of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended--  7,a7 in    
subsection 7a77#a77;,a71 by inserting 1 
including a preference eligible         
appointed pursuant to section #gdja of  
title #ch or otherwise employed by the  
,veterans ,health ,administration of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs1     
after ,a preference eligible2 and  7,b7 
in subsection 7d77#a71 by inserting 1   
including a complaint so filed by a     
preference eligible appointed pursuant  
to section #gdja of title #ch or        
otherwise employed by the ,veterans     
,health ,administration1 after ,if the  
,secretary of ,labor is unable to       
resolve a complaint under subsection    
7a74  7#b7 ,coordination rule ,section  
#cccj;a of title #e1 ,united ,states    

,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7f7 ,if  
any part of this section is deemed to be
 inconsistent with any provision of     
chapter #gd of title #ch1 this section  
shall be deemed to supersede1 override  
or otherwise modify such provision of   
chapter #gd of title #ch4  4