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The bill expands reinstatement eligibility and reporting to help veterans potentially regain federal jobs and benefits, while creating new reporting obligations, administrative costs, staffing complications, and potential privacy risks for former employees.
Veterans who were involuntarily removed between Jan 20, 2025 and enactment become eligible for reinstatement to their prior or any qualified civil service position, enabling restoration of pay, retirement accrual, and health benefits if reinstated.
Federal agencies must report counts and reasons for veteran removals to Congress every 90 days until Jan 20, 2029, increasing transparency about removals of veteran federal employees.
Veterans and other former employees could face privacy risks because reasons for removal will be reported to congressional committees, potentially revealing sensitive personnel information.
Agencies may need to rehire or otherwise accommodate reinstated veterans, complicating personnel management and staffing decisions and potentially disrupting operations.
Federal agencies will face increased administrative burden and costs to compile and submit frequent removal reports to Congress, raising workloads and taxpayer expense.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Allows veterans involuntarily removed from federal civil service between Jan 20, 2025 and enactment to be eligible for reinstatement and requires recurring agency reports to Congress through Jan 20, 2029.
Introduced March 10, 2025 by Tammy Duckworth · Last progress March 10, 2025
Allows veterans who were involuntarily removed or dismissed without cause from a federal civil service job between January 20, 2025 and the date the law is enacted to be eligible for reinstatement to that job or any other qualified civil service position. Requires heads of Executive agencies to send recurring reports to specified congressional committees about such former employees, with the first report due 60 days after enactment and then every 90 days until January 20, 2029, listing totals and reasons for removals or dismissals. Defines key terms by reference to existing U.S. Code provisions for ‘‘veteran,’’ ‘‘civil service,’’ ‘‘Executive agency,’’ and ‘‘appropriate congressional committees.’