Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2013
Latest action · Jan 22, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish, maintain, and modify as necessary procedures for ensuring the effective coordination of outreach activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) between and among the Office of the Secretary, the Office of Public Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration, the Veterans Benefits Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration.
Directs the Secretary to give priority to state and county outreach assistance in locations that: (1) have relatively large concentrations of veterans; or (2) are experiencing growth in veteran populations. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to state or county veterans agencies for state and local outreach services.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- Jan 22, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jan 4, 2013Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Performance measurement
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2013Introduced in House
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