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1997
H.R. 240, VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 1997
HEARING
BEFORETHE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTREFORM AND OVERSIGHTHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSIONON
H.R. 240
TO AMEND TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT CONSID-ERATION MAY NOT BE DENIED TO PREFERENCE ELIGIBLES APPLY-ING FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE COMPETITIVE SERVICE, ANDFOR OTHER PURPOSESFEBRUARY 26, 1997
Serial No. 105–34
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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT
DAN BURTON, Indiana,
Chairman
BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New YorkJ. DENNIS HASTERT, IllinoisCONSTANCE A. MORELLA, MarylandCHRISTOPHER SHAYS, ConnecticutSTEVEN SCHIFF, New MexicoCHRISTOPHER COX, CaliforniaILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, FloridaJOHN M. M
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HUGH, New YorkSTEPHEN HORN, CaliforniaJOHN L. MICA, FloridaTHOMAS M. DAVIS, VirginiaDAVID M. M
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INTOSH, IndianaMARK E. SOUDER, IndianaJOE SCARBOROUGH, FloridaJOHN B. SHADEGG, ArizonaSTEVEN C. L
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SANFORD, SouthCarolinaJOHN E. SUNUNU, New HampshirePETE SESSIONS, TexasMICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey VINCE SNOWBARGER, KansasBOB BARR, Georgia
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HENRY A. WAXMAN, CaliforniaTOM LANTOS, CaliforniaROBERT E. WISE, J
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BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont(Independent)K
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JOHN L. MICA, Florida,
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MICHAEL PAPPAS, New JerseyCONSTANCE A. MORELLA, MarylandCHRISTOPHER COX, CaliforniaPETE SESSIONS, TexasTIM HOLDEN, PennsylvaniaELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, MarylandELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington,DC
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Hearing held on February 26, 1997.......................................................................1Text of H.R. 240................................................................................................9Statement of:King, James B., Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, accom-panied by Mary Lou Lindholm, Associate Director for Employment,Office of Personnel Management.................................................................49Naschinski, Emil, assistant director, national economics commission, the American Legion; Charles L. Calkins, national executive secretary,Fleet Reserve Association; Sidney Daniels, director, national veterans
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employment assistance service, Veterans of Foreign Wars; and LarryRhea, deputy director, legislative affairs, Non-Commissioned Officers Association.....................................................................................................76Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:Calkins, Charles L., national executive secretary, Fleet Reserve Associa-tion, prepared statement of..........................................................................85Daniels, Sidney, director, national veterans
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employment assistance serv-ice, Veterans of Foreign Wars, prepared statement of..............................93Holden, Hon. Tim, a Representative in Congress from the State of Penn-sylvania, prepared statement of..................................................................38King, James B., Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management:Information concerning employment of veterans by executive depart-ments......................................................................................................57Prepared statement of...............................................................................52Promotion rates for veterans....................................................................72Lindholm, Mary Lou, Associate Director for Employment, Office of Per-sonnel Management, information concerning who is entitled to vet-erans
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preference in appointment................................................................63Mica, Hon. John L., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida:Letter dated Februry 6, 1997...................................................................59Prepared statement of...............................................................................4Naschinski, Emil, assistant director, national economics commission, the American Legion, prepared statement of....................................................78Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a Representative in Congress from theDistrict of Columbia, prepared statement of..............................................42Pappas, Hon. Michael, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, prepared statement of.............................................................40Rhea, Larry, deputy director, legislative affairs, Non-Commissioned Offi-cers Association:Pamphlet entitled,
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..............114Prepared statement of...............................................................................103Sessions, Hon. Pete, a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas, prepared statement of.......................................................................45
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