HR 5563 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act

Introduced Sep 18, 2014 Originated House Sponsor Tony Cárdenas D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 18, 2014
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) jointly establish a program to award nonmonetary Employment Salute Awards to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices; and (2) establish criteria, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Commerce, for determining award recipients.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish different categories of employers eligible for the awards based on the number of employees they have, and (2) publicize the award recipients by listing them in a separate section of the Department of Labor's website.

Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to assess a reasonable application fee on employers seeking such an award. Establishes an Employment Salute Award Fund into which those fees are to be deposited for use in carrying out the award program.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Dec 2, 2014, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalSep 18, 2014
R-FLDavid W. JollyOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalSep 18, 2014
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalSep 18, 2014
D-CAMark TakanoDec 2, 2014

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
  2. Oct 1, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
  3. Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House
  4. Sep 18, 2014Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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  1. Sep 18, 2014Introduced in House

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