,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,ruiz 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,swalwell 
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4      
,enyart1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 and   
,mr4 ,heck of ,nevada7 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 provide that disabled veterans with a
 disability rating greater than or equal
 to #gj percent receive preference with 
respect to employment in the competitive
 service1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,disabled ,veterans ,jobs           
,opportunity ,act4  #b4 ,hiring         
preference for disabled veterans with at
 least #gj percent disability rating    
7a7 ,in general ,section #ccji of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 
7#a7 by striking and at the end of      
paragraph 7#a72  7#b7 by striking the   

period at the end of paragraph 7#b72 and
  7#c7 by adding at the end the         
following new paragraph3  7#c7 a        
preference eligible under section       
#bajh7c77;,c7 of this title with a      
service-connected disability or         
combination of service-connected        
disabilities rated as not less than #gj 
percent disabling by the ,secretary of  
,veterans ,affairs--#ae points4  4  7b7 
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general ,the  
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to any examination   
for entrance into the competitive       
service taken on or after the date of   
enactment of this section4  7#b7        
,examinations prior to date of enactment
 of this section  7,a7 ,in general ,with
 respect to any individual who received 
a passing grade on such an examination  
in #bjad but before the date of         
enactment of this section1 the relevant 
hiring agency shall send notification to
 any such individual to determine       
whether such individual is eligible for 

the additional points provided by       
paragraph 7#c7 of section #ccji of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code 7as added by 
subsection 7a7 of this section74  7,b7  
,deadline ,beginning on the date that an
 individual receives notification under 
subparagraph 7,a71 such individual shall
 have #cj days to respond to the        
relevant hiring agency in order to      
receive credit for such points4