S.Amdt. 3752

SA 3752. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Booker)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REINSTATEMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERAN FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES; EXECUTIVE AGENCY REPORTS ON REMOVAL
OF VETERANS.

(a) 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 20, 2025, and ending
on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be eligible
for reinstatement to such position, if such position is
vacant or has otherwise been eliminated from the relevant
agency, or any other position in the civil service for which
the individual is qualified.
(b) Coordination With Agencies.--The head of each Executive
agency shall coordinate with the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management--
(1) to identify veterans described in subsection (a);
(2) to determine the status of the position for which each
such veteran served when they received notice of termination;
and
(3) to develop and implement a publicly available, agency-
wide procedural instruction for terminated veteran outreach
and job placement.
(c) Reports Required.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, 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
agency as described in subsection (a).
(2) Subsequent reports.--Not later than 90 days after
submission of the report required under paragraph (1), and
every 90 days thereafter until January 20, 2029, 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 agency since the most recent report
submitted under this subsection.
(3) Elements.--Each report required under this subsection
shall include the following:
(A) 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 report.
(B) The reason for each such removal or dismissal.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the
House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Civil service.--The term ``civil service'' has the
meaning given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United
States Code.
(3) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has
the meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code.
(4) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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