,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #aj1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,kim1 ,mr4 ,kelly1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4  
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,ms4          
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,booker1  
and ,mr4 ,durbin7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to make veteran ,federal    
employees who were involuntarily        
dismissed without cause eligible for    
reinstatement1 to require reports from  
,executive agencies on the number of    
veteran employees fired from such       
agencies1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,veteran ,jobs ,act4  #b4  
,reinstatement eligibility for veteran  
,federal employees2 ,executive agency   
reports on removal of veterans  7a7     
,eligibility for reinstatement ,any     
individual who is a veteran and who was 

involuntarily removed or otherwise      
dismissed without cause from a position 
in the civil service during the period  
beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and   
ending on the date of the enactment of  
this ,act shall be eligible for         
reinstatement to such position or any   
other position in the civil service for 
which the individual is qualified4  7b7 
,reports required  7#a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 and every   
#ij days thereafter until ,january #bj1 
#bjbi1 the head of each ,executive      
agency shall submit to the appropriate  
congressional committees a report on    
former employees of such agency who are 
veterans and were removed or otherwise  
dismissed from the agency4  7#b7        
,elements ,each report required by      
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,the total number of    
former employees of the agency who are  
veterans and were removed or otherwise  
dismissed from the agency during the    

period covered by the report4  7,b7 ,the
 reason for each such removal or        
dismissal4  7c7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional
 committees ,the term appropriate       
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs and the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,senate2 and  7,b7 the ,committee on   
,oversight and ,government ,reform and  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7  
,civil service ,the term civil service  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #baja of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,executive agency  
,the term ,executive agency has the     
meaning given that term in section #aje 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4     
7#d7 ,veteran ,the term veteran has the 
meaning given that term in section #aja 
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4