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HR 1242 · in committee · major

Hire Veterans Act

What this bill does

  • Creates a five-year pilot program to recruit veterans for federal land management agency jobs.
  • Affects veterans seeking federal employment and federal land management agencies like the National Park Service.
  • OPM will test veteran qualifications and agencies can hire qualified veterans without competitive hiring processes.

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  1. 01

    How might bypassing competitive hiring processes for veterans affect job opportunities for non-veteran federal applicants in land management agencies?

  2. 02

    What specific skills from military service does the bill assume transfer to federal land management work, and what evidence supports this connection?

  3. 03

    If this five-year pilot succeeds, what criteria should Congress use to decide whether to make the veteran hiring preference permanent?

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Sponsor · R-AZ-2

Elijah Crane

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Introduced 2025-02-12

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-02-12 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  5. 2025-02-12 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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