Veterans’ Preference Parity Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 424.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans' Preference Parity Act
This bill modifies the eligibility criteria for certain veterans to qualify for a preference in the federal hiring process.
Specifically, an individual who is honorably discharged from active duty service is eligible for a veterans' preference, if the active duty service was performed for more than 180 total days (currently, consecutive days).
Additionally, a retired member of the Armed Forces is eligible for a veterans' preference, even if the retiree (1) is not a disabled veteran and (2) retired at or above the rank of major or its equivalent.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 26, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Sep 26, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2019Markup Jan 29, 2020Reported Feb 13, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2020Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with amendments. Without written report.
- Feb 13, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 424.
- Jan 29, 2020Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Sep 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 3, 2020S. 2594, Veterans’ Preference Parity ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on January 29, 2020
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to modify certain requirements with respect to service and retirement for the purposes of veterans' preference for Federal hiring.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veterans’ Preference Parity Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Veterans’ Preference Parity Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2020Reported to Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
