To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty receive comprehensive employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services, to require that such members receive a psychological evaluation in addition to the physical examination they receive as part of their separation from active duty, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 27, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 2, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modifies the requirement that the Secretary concerned provide preseparation counseling to members of the Armed Forces whose discharge or release from active duty is anticipated as of a specific date.
Directs the Secretary concerned, including the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to require such members to receive, as part of their preseparation counseling, employment assistance, job training assistance, and other transitional services under a specified program established by the Secretary of Labor.
Directs the Secretary concerned to require separating Armed Forces members to undergo a psychological evaluation (as well as a physical examination, as under current law).
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 2, 2009 to Sep 23, 2009, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Original | Apr 2, 2009 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Jun 2, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Mark H. Schauer | Jun 4, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 24, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Sep 23, 2009 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 23, 2009 |
Actions 3
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- Apr 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House
- Apr 2, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
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- Apr 2, 2009Introduced in House
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