Core Provisions: This bill would require courts to grant injunctive relief, when appropriate, to Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) claimants. The bill seeks to address a recent Seventh Circuit ruling (Bedrossian v. Northwestern Mem’l Hosp., 409 F.3d 840 (7th Cir. 2005)), which required a claimant to show irreparable harm to obtain an injunction against termination.      

Status: H.R. 6225 was introduced in the House by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) on June 10, 2008, and referred to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. A hearing was held on the bill on June 19, 2008.