The Hire Veterans Act establishes a pilot program to help recruit and place military veterans in jobs with federal land management agencies, including the Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management, working with the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Interior, and Agriculture, must create the program within one year and develop tests to assess veterans' strengths and abilities for specific career fields like firefighting, forest engineering, wildlife management, and landscape restoration. Veterans who pass these assessments can be hired directly into available positions without going through the standard competitive hiring process, while those who don't pass initially can be referred to training programs and retested. The program will run for five years, with annual progress reports submitted to Congress, and agencies must publicize the program and allow veterans to apply through a standardized application process.