H.R. 5734: Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-10-10 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

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Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act This bill allows states and local jurisdictions to give a hiring preference (when hiring election workers to administer an election in the state or local jurisdiction) to veterans, individuals with a disability, and nonresident military spouses or dependents. Further, the bill prohibits states and local jurisdictions from refusing to hire a nonresident military spouse or dependent as an election worker solely on the grounds that the individual does not maintain a place of residence in the state or local jurisdiction.

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Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr5734.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr5734 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills