A bipartisan group of legislators in Capitol Hill will present a bill on Wednesday to help Americans with physical problems that disagree with military service to find civil works in the Armed Forces and Defense industry.
The Law on Integration of the Defense Work Force is sponsored by Republicans and Democrats in both Congress Chambers.
The proposal, which seeks to support thousands of Americans with physical problems that disqualify them from the service, would go to the scarcity of the workforce in critical areas, including manufacturing, cybersecurity and defense logistics.
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The Law on Integration of the Defense Work Force is sponsored by Republicans and Democrats in both Congress Chambers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Archive)
“Often, the United States Department of Defense will invest a significant time and resources in the training of military recruits, only for those recruits to be taken from consideration for medical reasons, many of which do not prohibit them from working to keep our nation safe,” said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H., an author of the bill.
The key provisions of the legislation include ordering the Department of Defense to provide information on civil employment opportunities to people who were medically disqualified from the service during the initial evaluations.
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The proposal would go to the shortage of the workforce in critical areas, including manufacturing, cybersecurity and defense logistics. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu agency through Getty Images)
The bill also aims to support the members of the disqualified service early in their careers, expanding the best existing practices of the Air Force by establishing army and navy personnel management programs. These programs would facilitate recommendations to civil contracting authorities in the Department of Defense, which improves access to the hiring process without guaranteeing jobs.
“Medical problems can prevent some patriotic Americans from active military service, but do not have to prevent other ways to serve our country,” Senator Mike Rounds, RS.D., co -confinement of the bill in the upper chamber, said.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Dn.H., is one of the authors of the bill. (Getty images)
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Legislators want to convert a possible loss of talent in an opportunity by allowing the Defense Department to retain the people in which they have already invested resources.
Reuters contributed to this report.
