HR 1578 · 102th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1992
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EnactedLatest: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.(1992-10-07)
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Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1991 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to revise provisions relating to the employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services. Prohibits discrimination or acts of reprisal against a member, former member, or person applying to be a member of a uniformed service because of such membership through denial of initial employment, reemployment, continuation of employment, promotion, or any other benefit of employment. States that such discrimination will be considered to have occurred if the person's status or activity in the armed forces was a motivating factor in the employer's decision to deny such person employment, reemployment, continuation of employment, or any other promotion or benefit of employment, unless the employer can demonstrate that the same decision would have been made regardless of such protected status or activity. Entitles that any person who is absent from or leaves a position of employment for voluntary or involuntary service in the armed forces to a leave of absence from such employment or, upon completion of such service under honorable conditions, to: (1) reemploymen…
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11 Democrats5 Republicans