USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the enforcement of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, and for other purposes.

12/13/2007--Introduced.
USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends provisions concerning uniformed services members' employment or reemployment rights or benefits to:
(1) require complainants to be notified of their rights within five days after receipt of the complaint by the Secretary of Labor;
(2) require investigation and resolution of complaints to be completed no later than 90 days after receipt of the complaint; and
(3) impose a 15-day deadline on referral to the Attorney General or to the Office of Special Counsel of an unsuccessful effort to resolve a complaint against a state or private employer or a federal executive agency, respectively. Requires the Attorney General or the Special Counsel, as appropriate, to make a decision and provide notification concerning representation of a complainant within 45 days of a referral.
Modifies requirements for annual case reporting by the Secretary to include data of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and data concerning those with disabilities.
Requires the Comptroller General to make quarterly reports on claims processing.
Requires the Secretary to ensure that:
(1) report information is categorized in a uniform way; and
(2) the Secretary and the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Special Counsel each have electronic access to case files reviewed under the uniformed services employment and reemployment rights provisions.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Barack Obama
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Committees

• Senate Veterans' Affairs

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.2471

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
December 13, 2007

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• Dec 13, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15463-15464)
• Dec 13, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
• Introduced on Dec 13, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Veterans
• Administrative remedies
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
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• Congressional reporting requirements
• Disabled
• Employee rights
• Employment of the disabled
• Federal employees
• Government employees
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Governmental investigations
• Labor
• Labor statistics
• Law
• State and local government
• State employees
• Veterans' employment

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June 17, 2008 Protect our private health and financial information sent to ...

Senators Hillary Clinton and Mark Dayton were on the right track with the 2004 proposed bill, S. 2471, Safeguarding Americans From Exporting Identification Data Act (SAFE-ID Act). (4). We urge you to propose a similar bill that would at ...

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S.2471, USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007. S.2550, Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act of 2008. S.2617, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2008. S.2674, America's Wounded Warriors Act ...

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May 07, 2008 Ruth's Report: I will not vote for Barack Obama

S. 2471, the "USERRA Enforcement Improvement Act of 2007", which I co-authored with Senator Kennedy, would strengthen the employment and reemployment rights of returning servicemembers by imposing compliance deadlines on federal ...

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