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H.R. 3615: Careers for Heroes Act

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H.R. 3615: Careers for Heroes Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Careers for Heroes Act

Plain summary

Careers for Heroes Act - Directs the head of each federal agency other than the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan for exercising, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, authority to make veterans recruitment appointments and authority under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure that, under such plans, agencies shall appoint no less than 15,000 qualified covered veterans during such period. (Covered veterans include those who: (1) are disabled or recently separated; (2) served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or (3) while serving on active duty, participated in a military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded.)

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Official text

Careers for Heroes Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3615 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113