Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
To make veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily dismissed without cause eligible for reinstatement and to require reports from Executive agencies on the number of veteran employees fired from such agencies.
A Democratic amendment with 12 Democratic cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors
Changes H.R. 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Last activity — Amendment SA 1274, under the order of 3/14/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 130.
Failed
The Senate voted this amendment down in a recorded vote, where every member's position was written down.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Failed
What this amendment would do
This amendment would change the bill by establishing eligibility for reinstatement for certain veterans and requiring reports from executive agencies.
The amendment would do the following:
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Provide eligibility for reinstatement to any individual who is a veteran and was involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from a position in the civil service between January 20, 2025, and the date this Act is enacted.
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The individual would be eligible to return to that specific position or any other position in the civil service for which they are qualified.
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Require the head of each executive agency to submit a report to specific congressional committees regarding former employees who are veterans and were removed or dismissed from the agency.
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Require these reports to be submitted within 60 days of the Act's enactment and every 90 days thereafter until January 20, 2029.
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Mandate that each report includes the total number of such former employees and the reason for each removal or dismissal.
What Congress actually voted on
One recorded vote has been taken on this amendment.
- The Senate: a vote on a proposed change to the bill A vote on one change, not on the bill. A bill can collect dozens of these, and losing one does not stop it. Failed 47 yes · 53 no
03/14/2025 · Roll call 130 · recorded as “On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1274 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file)”
- 3/14/2025
- Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 1274, under the order of 3/14/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 130.
- Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 1274, under the order of 3/14/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 130.
- Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1274 proposed by Senator Duckworth.
- Amendment SA 1274 proposed by Senator Duckworth. (consideration: CR S1770-1771) To make veteran Federal employees who were involuntarily dismissed without cause eligible for reinstatement and to require reports from Executive agencies on the number of veteran employees fired from such agencies.
- Amendment SA 1274, under the order of 3/14/2025, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 130.
- 12 Cosponsors added.
- Senate amendment submitted
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Richard DurbinDemocrat · Illinois
Kirsten GillibrandDemocrat · New York
Ruben GallegoDemocrat · Arizona
Martin HeinrichDemocrat · New Mexico
Mark KellyDemocrat · Arizona
Timothy KaineDemocrat · Virginia
Andy KimDemocrat · New Jersey
Jacky RosenDemocrat · Nevada
Brian SchatzDemocrat · Hawaii
Ron WydenDemocrat · Oregon
Mark WarnerDemocrat · Virginia