S. 1320: Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013
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S. 1320: Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013
Plain summary
Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013 - Grants hiring preferences for federal employment to members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who: (1) have successfully completed officer candidate training or entry level and skill training and have incurred, or are performing, a 6-year commitment with a reserve component (3 point preference); (2) have completed at least 10 years of service with a reserve component and has earned at least 50 retirement points per year (4 point preference); or (3) are retired from service in a reserve component and are eligible for, but have not yet begun receiving, retired pay for non-regular service (5 point preference).
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Official text
Military Reserve Jobs Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · 14 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Ted Cruz (R-TX), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Boozman (R-AR), Jerry Moran (R-KS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s1320.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>
Record fed-us-cong113-s1320 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113