Hiring Heroes Act of 2011
Latest action · Jul 15, 2011 Committee Hearings Held.
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.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Hiring Heroes Act of 2011- Amends the Wounded Warriors Act to extend until January 1, 2015, the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans.
Expands the authority of the VA Secretary to make payments to employers to provide on-job training to veterans to include veterans who have not been rehabilitated to the point of employability.
Entitles certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have exhausted their rights to unemployment benefits to participation in an additional VA rehabilitation program. Limits the duration of such a program to 24 months. Makes the 12-year period of eligibility for a VA rehabilitation program inapplicable under such an additional program.
Instructs the VA Secretary to follow-up on the employment status of veterans who participate in a VA rehabilitation program.
Requires (current law encourages) participation by eligible members in the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires (under current law, authorizes) the provision of preseparation counseling to members whose discharge or release is anticipated.
Instructs the Secretary of Labor to follow-up on the employment status of members who complete their participation in the TAP.
Directs the VA Secretary to award grants to up to three nonprofit organizations under a collaborative veterans' training, mentoring, and placement program for eligible veterans seeking employment.
Requires participants in the TAP to receive individualized assessments of civilian positions for which they may be qualified based on a joint DOD, VA, and Department of Labor study of the equivalencies between military skills and civilian employment requirements.
Authorizes the appointment of an honorably discharged member of the uniformed services to a position in the civil service, without regard to specified civil service examination, certification, and appointment provisions, if otherwise qualified.
Requires executive agencies to establish programs to provide employment assistance to members who are being separated from active duty.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out an outreach program to provide employment assistance to certain veterans who have been receiving assistance under the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers program.
Authorizes a pilot program to assess the feasibility of providing work experience to certain members of the Armed Forces who are on terminal leave.
Requires (under current law, authorizes) a VA demonstration project on the credentialing and licensing of veterans.
Cosponsors 70
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2011 to Nov 16, 2011; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 23, 2011 |
| R-FL | C. W. Bill Young | Original | May 23, 2011 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | May 23, 2011 |
| D-WA | Norman D. Dicks | Original | May 23, 2011 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 24, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 24, 2011 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | May 24, 2011 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | May 24, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | May 24, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | May 24, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Allen B. West | May 25, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | May 25, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Mark S. Critz | May 25, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | May 25, 2011 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 26, 2011 |
Committees 3
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 May 23, 2011Hearings Jul 15, 2011 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2011 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 23, 2011 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2011 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 23, 2011 |
| Information Technology Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2011Markup Jun 20, 2011 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2011Committee Hearings Held.
- Jun 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jun 24, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Jun 20, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
- Jun 20, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 23, 2011Introduced in House
- May 23, 2011Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6686 | Bob Filner D-CA, Jeff Miller R-FL | Oct 11, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3343.
Printed hearings 2
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. 112-51 | JOINT HEARING TO RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION OF VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS122 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 22, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-24 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2433, H.R. 1941, AND H.R. 16977 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 15, 2011 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 951 | Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Jul 18, 2011 |
| HR 4088 | Capital Expansion Act | Related bill | Feb 24, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hiring Heroes Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Disability and paralysis
- Employment and training programs
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Licensing and registrations
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
