Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2012 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2012
- Passed SenateJun 29, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veteran Skills to Jobs Act - Directs the head of each federal licensing authority to consider, and authorizes such official to accept, any relevant training received by an individual while serving as a member of the Armed Forces for the purpose of satisfying the license requirements.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2012 to Jul 11, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 27, 2012 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Mar 27, 2012 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 27, 2012 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 7, 2012 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | May 22, 2012 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jun 18, 2012 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Jun 20, 2012 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Jun 20, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 25, 2012 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Jun 25, 2012 | |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Jun 26, 2012 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 27, 2012 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Jun 29, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2012Markup Jun 29, 2012Reported Jun 29, 2012 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2012Received in the House.
- Jul 9, 2012Held at the desk.
- Jun 29, 2012Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 29, 2012Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jun 29, 2012Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4781Text printed S4781 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jun 29, 2012 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 5, 2012S. 2239, Veterans Skills to Jobs ActAs passed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2012
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4155 | Veteran Skills to Jobs Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2012 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the head of each agency to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veteran Skills to Jobs Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2012Reported to Senate
- Jun 29, 2012Engrossed in Senate
- Mar 27, 2012Introduced in Senate
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.
