US Congress House Bill 2875 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on September 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-09-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act - Expands the definition of "service in the uniformed services" for the purposes of uniformed servicemembers' employment and reemployment rights to include a period for which a person is absent from a position of employment to obtain medical treatment for an injury or illness recognized as service connected by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), or for which a line-of-duty document has been granted by the Secretary of Defense (DOD). Directs such a person intending to return to a position of employment to notify the employer within a specified time period. Requires a person submitting an application for reemployment due to such an absence for medical treatment to provide the employer, upon request, with documentation to establish eligibility for reemployment, including a link between the injury or illness and the medical treatment obtained.

Wounded Veteran Job Security Act

Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Michael Grimm [R-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]
Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-09-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2011-09-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB3638 (Related) 2012-02-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2875/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2875/BILLS-112hr2875ih.pdf