To require that contracts entered into by the Federal Government for reconstruction in Iraq include a condition that the contractor, when hiring employees to carry out the contract, provide a preference for the hiring of veterans.

May 1, 2003

Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

To require that contracts entered into by the Federal Government for reconstruction in Iraq include a condition that the contractor, when hiring employees to carry out the contract, provide a preference for the hiring of veterans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Let U.S. Veterans Rebuild Iraq Act'.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR VETERANS HIRING PREFERENCE FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS PERFORMING CONTRACTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ.

(a) VETERANS PREFERENCE- As a condition of any contract, or any subcontract at any tier under a contract, entered into by the Federal Government with a private sector contractor to perform reconstruction in Iraq, the Federal Government shall require the contractor (and any subcontractor at any tier hired by the contractor), when hiring employees who will perform work under the contract (or subcontract), to extend to preference eligible veterans a hiring preference equivalent to the preference extended to preference eligible veterans for civilian employee positions in the Federal Government.

(b) PREFERENCE ELIGIBLE VETERAN DEFINED- In this section, the term `preference eligible veteran' has the meaning given the term `preference eligible' in section 2108 of title 5.

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