VALUES Act

Veterans' Assistance to Lower Unemployment and Enhance VA Services Act or the VALUES Act - Entitles disabled veterans and the mothers or spouses of certain deceased or disabled veterans to receive an additional 15 points on their examination for entrance into the competitive service at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Entitles certain veterans who served on active duty in the Armed Forces to receive an additional 10 points on their examination for entrance into the competitive service at the VA.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5023 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5023

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide additional points to 
competitive service entrance exam of preference eligibles applying for 
    positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2014

   Mr. Brooks of Alabama (for himself and Mr. Owens) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide additional points to 
competitive service entrance exam of preference eligibles applying for 
    positions at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Veterans' Assistance to Lower 
Unemployment and Enhance VA Services Act'' or the ``VALUES Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL COMPETITIVE SERVICE ENTRANCE EXAM POINTS FOR 
              PREFERENCE ELIGIBLES APPLYING FOR POSITIONS AT THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3309 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``A preference eligible'' and inserting 
        ``(a) A preference eligible''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), any 
preference eligible who receives a passing grade in an examination for 
entrance into the competitive service at a position within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs is entitled to additional points above 
his earned rating, as follows:
            ``(1) A preference eligible under section 2108(3)(C)-(G) of 
        this title--15 points.
            ``(2) A preference eligible under section 2108(3)(A)-(B) of 
        this title--10 points.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to any examination for entrance into the competitive 
service at the Department of Veterans Affairs taken on or after the 
date of enactment of this section.
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