Statutes & Regulations

As an HR professional, the following list of laws and regulations is intended to be a handy reference in your daily operations.

• Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA) Authority, Public Law 107-288, the Jobs for Veterans Act, enacted November 7, 2002, revised the eligibility requirements for a Veterans' Readjustment Appointment (which the act redesignated as a Recruitment Appointment (VRA)). Select the links below to access:
  • Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA) Authority, Public Law 107-288
  • VRA Regulations: 5 CFR part 307
  • 38 U.S.C. 4211, et seq.
  
  
• Excepted Service Appointments for Veterans' Recruitment Appointment. Select the links below to access the codified procedures for appointments that are "excepted" from the usual rules of hiring:
  • 5 U.S.C. 3320
  • 5 CFR part 302 subpart B (Eligibility Standards)
  
  
• 30 Percent or More Disability:
  • 5 U.S.C. 3112
  • 5 CFR 316.302
  • 316.402
  • 315.707
  
  
• Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) (Public Law 105-339), as amended by Section 511 of the Veterans Millennium Health Care Act (Public Law 106-117) of November 30, 1999. Select the links below to access:
• Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
• Veterans Millennium Health Care Act (Public Law 106-117)
• 5 U.S.C. 3304(f)
• 5 CFR 315.611
• 5 CFR 335.106