,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ba1       
#bjac,mr4 ,reichert introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,oversight and ,government ,reform1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to improve the hiring of veterans by the
 ,federal ,government4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,careers
 for ,heroes ,act4  #b4 ,employment of  
veterans with the ,federal ,government  
7a7 ,in general ,section #dbad of title 
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by adding at   
the end the following3  7#d7 7,a7 ,the  
requirement under this paragraph is in  
addition to the appointment of qualified

 covered veterans under the authority   
under paragraph 7#a7 by the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs and the           
,department of ,defense4  7,b7 ,the head
 of each agency 7excluding the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs and the
 ,secretary of ,defense71 in            
consultation with the ,director of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management1 shall
 develop and implement a plan for       
exercising the authority specified in   
subparagraph 7,c7 during the five-year  
period beginning on the date of the     
enactment of this paragraph4  7,c7 ,the 
authority specified in this subparagraph
 is the authority as follows3 7i7 ,the  
authority under paragraph 7#a74  7ii7   
,the authority available to the agency  
concerned under the ,veterans           
,employment ,opportunities ,act of #aiih
 7,public ,law #aje-cci7 and the        
amendments made by that ,act4  7,d7 ,the
 ,director of the ,office of ,personnel 
,management shall ensure that under the 
plans developed under subparagraph 7,b71

 agencies shall appoint to existing     
vacancies not fewer than #ae1jjj        
qualified covered veterans during the   
five-year period beginning on the date  
of the enactment of this paragraph4 ,for
 purposes of complying with this        
subparagraph1 an appointment pursuant to
 the authority referred to in           
subparagraph 7,c77ii7 shall not count   
toward the number required by this      
subparagraph unless the appointment is  
to a vacancy in a full-time1 permanent  
position4  2  7#b7 in subsection 7d71 in
 the third sentence1 by inserting       
7including1 during the five-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of paragraph 7#d7 of subsection 7b71 the
 development and implementation by each 
agency of the plan required under such  
paragraph1 which shall include          
information regarding the grade or pay  
level of appointments by the agency     
under the plan and whether the          
appointments are1 or are converted to1  
career or career-conditional            

appointments7 after subsection 7b7 of   
this section2 and  7#c7 in subsection   
7e7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in   
the matter before subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking to the ,congress and inserting 
to the appropriate committees of        
,congress2 and  7ii7 in subparagraph    
7,a71 by inserting 7including1 during   
the five-year period beginning on the   
date of the enactment of paragraph 7#d7 
of subsection 7b71 the development and  
implementation by the agency of the plan
 required under such paragraph1 which   
shall include information regarding the 
grade or pay level of appointments by   
the agency under the plan and whether   
the appointments are1 or are converted  
to1 permanent appointments7 before the  
period2 and  7,b7 by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,in  
this subsection1 the term appropriate   
committees of ,congress means-- 7,a7 the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs and  
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       

,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on    
,veterans' ,affairs and the ,committee  
on ,oversight and ,government ,reform of
 the ,house of ,representatives4  4  7b7
 ,report ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,director of the ,office of ,personnel 
,management shall submit to the         
appropriate committees of ,congress 7as 
defined under section #dbad7;e77#c7 of  
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as    
amended by subsection 7a77 a report     
containing a plan to carry out the      
amendments made by subsection 7a74