Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 517 To establish a tiered hiring preference for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 14, 2019 Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To establish a tiered hiring preference for members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Reserve Jobs 4 Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S517.IS S517 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 517 IS SEC. 2. TIERED PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS 1 OF RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 2 FORCES. 3 (a) PREFERENCE ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS OF 4 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Sec- 5 tion 2108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 6 (1) in paragraph (3)— 7 (A) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking 8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 9 (B) in subparagraph (H), by adding ‘‘and’’ 10 at the end; and 11 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 12 the following: 13 ‘‘(I) a qualified reservist;’’; 14 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 15 end; 16 (3) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 17 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 18 (4) by adding at the end the following: 19 ‘‘(6) ‘qualified reservist’ means an individual 20 who is a member of a reserve component of the 21 Armed Forces on the date of the applicable deter- 22 mination— 23 ‘‘(A) who— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S517.IS S517 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •S 517 IS ‘‘(i) has completed at least 6 years of 1 service in a reserve component of the 2 Armed Forces; and 3 ‘‘(ii) in each year of service in a re- 4 serve component of the Armed Forces, was 5 credited with at least 50 points under sec- 6 tion 12732 of title 10; or 7 ‘‘(B) who— 8 ‘‘(i) has completed at least 10 years of 9 service in a reserve component of the 10 Armed Forces; and 11 ‘‘(ii) in each year of service in a re- 12 serve component of the Armed Forces, was 13 credited with at least 50 points under sec- 14 tion 12732 of title 10; and 15 ‘‘(7) ‘reserve component of the Armed Forces’ 16 means a reserve component specified in section 17 101(27) of title 38.’’. 18 (b) TIERED HIRING PREFERENCE FOR MEMBERS OF 19 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Sec- 20 tion 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 22 end; 23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 24 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S517.IS S517 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •S 517 IS (3) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(3) a preference eligible described in section 2 2108(6)(B)—3 points; and 3 ‘‘(4) a preference eligible described in section 4 2108(6)(A)—2 points.’’. 5 (c) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 3 years after the 6 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 7 of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 8 that— 9 (1) assesses Federal employment opportunities 10 for members of a reserve component of the Armed 11 Forces; 12 (2) evaluates the impact of the amendments 13 made by this section on the hiring of reservists and 14 veterans by the Federal Government; and 15 (3) provides recommendations, if any, for 16 strengthening Federal employment opportunities for 17 members of a reserve component of the Armed 18 Forces. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Feb 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S517.IS S517 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS