,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #beid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bf1
 #bjai ,mr4 ,sullivan 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,peters7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to modify certain       
requirements with respect to service and
 retirement for the purposes of         
veterans' preference for ,federal       
hiring4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,veterans' ,preference 
,parity ,act4  #b4 ,extension of        
veterans' preference to all retired     
members of the ,armed ,forces ,section  
#bajh of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in paragraph  
7#a7-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,b71 by    
striking consecutive and inserting      
total2 and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,d71  
by striking consecutive and inserting   
total2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c7--  7,a7  
in the matter preceding subparagraph    

7,a71 by striking paragraph 7#d7 of this
 section or2  7,b7 in subparagraph      
7,g77ii71 by striking and at the end2   
7,c7 in subparagraph 7,h71 by adding and
 at the end2 and  7,d7 by inserting     
after subparagraph 7,h7 the following3  
7,i7 a retired member of the armed      
forces2  2  7#c7 by striking paragraph  
7#d72 and  7#d7 by redesignating        
paragraph 7#e7 as paragraph 7#d74