Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015
Latest action · Aug 18, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
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.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a veterans conservation corps to assist unemployed veterans in the transition from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to employ such veterans: (1) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands; (2) in maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration; and (3) as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and disaster relief personnel.
Requires priority to be given to the employment of veterans who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.
Requires, as part of the veterans conservation corps: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to award grants under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to hire veterans as firefighters, (2) the Attorney General to award grants under the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program) under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to hire veterans as law enforcement officers, and (3) the DHS Secretary to provide funds to increase participation by veterans in the Federal Emergency Management Agency Corps program.
Authorizes the VA Secretary to transfer amounts to carry out the corps to the Attorney General, the Chief of Engineers, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, DHS, and the Interior.
Directs the VA Secretary to establish a steering committee to establish selection criteria for, and provide advice to the VA Secretary on, the awarding of assistance under this Act.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Nov 16, 2015; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 25, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jul 7, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Oct 20, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Nov 16, 2015 |
Committees 4
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 Apr 22, 2015 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred May 11, 2015 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2015 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2015 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
| Environment Subcommittee | Referred Aug 18, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 18, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- May 11, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Apr 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Apr 23, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in House
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 H2954, H2955 | Jared Polis D-CO | May 13, 2015 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 59, April 22, 2015, page H2419.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4363 | Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans conservation corps, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Interior
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Land use and conservation
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- National and community service
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced 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.
