Armed Forces Employment Support Act
Latest action · Aug 3, 2006 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
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- IntroducedAug 3, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Armed Forces Employment Support Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the federal government should support private sector employment initiatives for military personnel.
Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to make grants to the Armed Forces Support Foundation to support Foundation activities in assisting members of the National Guard and reserves and former members of the Armed Forces in securing employment in the private sector.
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Foundation should enter into agreements with entities involved in energy, transportation, aerospace, domestic security, and other areas in which the employment of individuals with past military experience would be of particular utility.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Aug 3, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Aug 3, 2006Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8847-8848)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Aerospace industries
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Commerce
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Energy industries
- Foundations
- Grants-in-aid
- Labor and Employment
- Military personnel
- National Guard
- Recruiting of employees
- Social Welfare
- Transportation and Public Works
- Veterans' employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 3, 2006Introduced in Senate
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