Veterans Employment Promotion Act
Latest action · Jul 28, 2011 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
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.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Employment Promotion Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and maintain an Internet website to publicly disclose information concerning the number of veterans employed under federal contracts of $100,000 or more for the procurement of personal property and nonpersonal services.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 5, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Oct 5, 2012 |
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 Jun 21, 2011 |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jun 29, 2011Hearings Jul 20, 2011Markup Jul 28, 2011Reported Jul 28, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 28, 2011Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- Jul 20, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 29, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- Jun 21, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 21, 2011Referred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H4364–H4366H.R. 2243-2268 | — | Jun 21, 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 H4364.
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. 112-25 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 2383, H.R. 2243, H.R. 2388 AND H.R. 247055 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jul 20, 2011 |
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 require the Secretary of Labor to publish on an Internet website certain information about the number of veterans who are employed by Federal contractors.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Employment Promotion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 21, 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.
