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H.R.1001

H.R.1001: Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017

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Introduced Feb. 13, 2017
Latest Major Action Feb. 13, 2017

Bill Sponsor

Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)

Bill Cosponsors

35 (All Democrats)

Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)
Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)
Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)
Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)
Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)
Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.)
Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Alma Adams (D-N.C.)
Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii)
Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
Bill Keating (D-Mass.)
Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)
David Scott (D-Ga.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands)
Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)
Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.)
Albio Sires (D-N.J.)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

Bill Version

Introduced in House - Feb. 13, 2017

Bill Summary

Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017 This bill declares that notwithstanding any presidential action to prevent a federal agency from filling or creating federal civilian employee positions, an agency may appoint an individual to such a position that will be filled by an individual who is a preference eligible veteran, disabled veteran, or a specified relative of a veteran.

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Date	Description
Feb. 13, 2017	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb. 13, 2017	Introduced in the House by Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)

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