Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010
Latest action · May 27, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program, headed by a Director, which designates veterans business centers to provide entrepreneurial training and counseling to veterans in areas in which the number of veterans, especially veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, exceed the national median.
Requires the Director to establish a program of grants to veterans business centers to: (1) provide federal procurement assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans; and (2) develop outreach programs to create or further develop service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Authorizes the Director to hold biennial veterans entrepreneurial development summits.
Decreases from three years to one year the period for completion of training of new disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to provide a training subsistence allowance for each month that an unemployed veteran is enrolled in a full-time employment and training program that is offered by an eligible training provider and teaches a skill connected to a career in an in-demand industry.
Provides for the use of veterans' post-9/11 educational assistance for the pursuit of apprenticeships and on-job training.
Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish: (1) a program to award grants to states to establish veterans conservation corps to give veterans volunteer and employment opportunities under state conservation projects; and (2) a center of excellence of methods for educational institutions to afford academic credit to veterans for previous military experience and training.
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish: (1) information technology military pathways demonstration programs to enable veterans to build upon technical skills learned in the military when entering into the civilian information technology workforce; and (2) nursing, public health and allied health professional, and physician assistant military pathways demonstration programs to enable veterans to build upon military technical skills when entering into civilian positions in those fields.
Requires the Secretary of Labor to carry out a veterans energy-related employment program to encourage the employment of veterans in the energy industry.
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to carry out the Veterans to Work pilot program to provide veterans with employment in military construction projects.
Requires: (1) a report on improvements and enhancements of the Transition Assistance Program to better meet the needs of members of the Armed Forces and veterans; and (2) a study on a program of transition assistance modeled on the Employment Enhancement Program of the Washington National Guard.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2010 to Nov 16, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Glenn C. Nye | Original | Apr 22, 2010 |
| D-NM | Harry Teague | Original | Apr 22, 2010 |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Scott Murphy | May 6, 2010 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | May 13, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | May 13, 2010 | |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | May 13, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 13, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | May 13, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | May 24, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 24, 2010 |
Committees 5
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 Apr 22, 2010 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2010 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2010 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred May 27, 2010 | |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2010 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2010 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2010 |
| Readiness Subcommittee | Reported May 6, 2010Referred May 6, 2010 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 27, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- May 6, 2010Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee .
- May 6, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- Apr 23, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Apr 22, 2010Introduced in House
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Small Business, Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to House Education and Labor
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to House Small Business
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Apr 22, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3234 | Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 | Related bill | Sep 2, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Afghanistan
- Allied health services
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Asia
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health personnel
- Iraq
- Land use and conservation
- Medical education
- Middle East
- Military facilities and property
- Military operations and strategy
- National Guard and reserves
- Nuclear power
- Nursing
- Oil and gas
- Public contracts and procurement
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Washington State
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2010Introduced in House
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