Congress·In Committee·H.R. 5734

Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

Election Jobs: Hiring Preference for Veterans and People with Disabilities

Oct 10, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 9 months

This bill is sitting in the House Committee on House Administration where it has been since October 2025. No action has taken place on this proposal for eight months. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but it is currently stalled.

Legislative Progress

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Could go either way

This bill has support from both parties and solves a practical problem for local governments. Since it helps veterans and does not cost much money, it has a good chance of moving forward.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 4486 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4486 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill allows state and local governments to give hiring priority to veterans and people with disabilities when they need workers to run elections. It aims to make it easier for these groups to find temporary work while helping local offices fill important roles.
The plan also helps military families by allowing election offices to hire military spouses and their children. These family members can be hired even if they do not officially live in the area where the election is being held.
By removing residency rules for military families, the bill helps people who move often for the military to still participate in local government work. This ensures that moving to a new base does not stop someone from helping out on election day.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Oct 10, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Oct 10, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans With Disabilities Act

Bill NumberHR 5734

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Data Sources

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