HR 966 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 27, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Henry E. Brown, Jr. R-SC

Latest action · Nov 19, 2003 Provision was dropped when H. R. 2297 passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003 - Establishes a new period of five years from the date of enactment of this Act for a program of vocational training by the Department of Veterans Affairs for low-income, pension-receiving veterans under the age of 45. (The previous period ran from February 1, 1985, through December 31, 1995.) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide appropriate program outreach.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2003 to Jun 5, 2003; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Feb 27, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 13, 2003
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 1, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jun 5, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Feb 27, 2003
	Benefits Subcommittee	Referred Mar 12, 2003Hearings Apr 10, 2003

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

Nov 19, 2003Provision was dropped when H. R. 2297 passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent.
Jun 25, 2003Provision incorporated. See H. R. 2297, Section 9.
Apr 10, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Feb 27, 2003Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E334)
Feb 27, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E334	Henry E. Brown, Jr. R-SC	Feb 27, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-7	H.R. 241, H.R. 533, H.R. 761, H.R. 850, H.R. 966, AND H.R. 1048112 pages	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Apr 10, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 2297	Veterans Benefits Act of 2003	Procedurally related	Dec 16, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate the vocational training program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain low-income veterans in receipt of pension from that Department.
Short Titles as Introduced: Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 27, 2003Introduced in House

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