VEVRAA
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VEVRAA is a U.S. federal law that requires certain federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified protected veterans.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VEVRAA canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2503654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VEVRAA Context triple: [Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, shortName, VEVRAA]
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A.
VRA
VRA is the common abbreviation for the landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
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B.
EGVA
EGVA is the ICAO airport code for RAF Fairford, a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England used primarily by the United States Air Force for bomber and airlift operations.
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C.
VE
VE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Venezuela for international standardization and identification purposes.
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D.
VEKU
VEKU is the ICAO airport code assigned to Silchar Airport in Assam, India.
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E.
Vasi-weri
Vasi-weri is an alternative name for the Prasun language, an Indo-Iranian language spoken in parts of Afghanistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: VEVRAA Target entity description: VEVRAA is a U.S. federal law that requires certain federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified protected veterans.
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A.
VRA
VRA is the common abbreviation for the landmark U.S. federal law enacted in 1965 to prohibit racial discrimination in voting.
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B.
EGVA
EGVA is the ICAO airport code for RAF Fairford, a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England used primarily by the United States Air Force for bomber and airlift operations.
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C.
VE
VE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Venezuela for international standardization and identification purposes.
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D.
VEKU
VEKU is the ICAO airport code assigned to Silchar Airport in Assam, India.
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E.
Vasi-weri
Vasi-weri is an alternative name for the Prasun language, an Indo-Iranian language spoken in parts of Afghanistan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal law
ⓘ
affirmative action law ⓘ veterans employment statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
contracts and subcontracts above specified monetary thresholds
ⓘ
federal contractors ⓘ federal subcontractors ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
ⓘ
labor law ⓘ |
| complianceMonitoredBy | OFCCP compliance evaluations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| enforcedBy |
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
ⓘ
United States Department of Labor ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Labor
|
| focusesOn |
advancement of veterans in employment
ⓘ
employment of veterans ⓘ |
| fullName |
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act
|
| hasAbbreviation | VEVRAA self-link ⓘ |
| hasTargetGroup |
Vietnam era veterans
ⓘ
disabled veterans ⓘ other protected categories of veterans ⓘ recently separated veterans ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| nonComplianceMayResultIn |
contract sanctions
ⓘ
debarment from future federal contracts ⓘ |
| obligates |
covered contractors to invite applicants to self‑identify as protected veterans
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covered contractors to keep records on protected veteran status of applicants and employees ⓘ |
| protects | protected veterans ⓘ |
| purpose | to improve employment and advancement opportunities for protected veterans ⓘ |
| regulates | employment practices of covered federal contractors ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Executive Order 11246
ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ |
| requires |
affirmative action for protected veterans
ⓘ
covered contractors to develop written affirmative action programs for protected veterans ⓘ job listing of most employment openings with state workforce agencies ⓘ nondiscrimination in employment against protected veterans by covered contractors ⓘ |
| sector | employment ⓘ |
| subject |
affirmative action
ⓘ
equal employment opportunity ⓘ nondiscrimination ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: VEVRAA Description of subject: VEVRAA is a U.S. federal law that requires certain federal contractors and subcontractors to take affirmative action to employ and advance qualified protected veterans.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.