VET TEC Expansion Act
Latest action · Mar 12, 2020 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) 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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Expansion Act or the VET TEC Expansion Act
This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs High Technology Pilot Program by expanding eligibility to certain veterans and expanding the types of providers who are qualified under the program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 5, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Feb 5, 2020 |
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 Feb 5, 2020Markup Mar 12, 2020 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Feb 7, 2020Discharged Mar 12, 2020 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
- Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Feb 7, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Feb 5, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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
- Mar 25, 2020H.R. 5766, VET TEC Expansion ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 24, February 5, 2020, page H848.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 to expand eligibility for high technology programs of education and the class of providers who may enter into contracts with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide such programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VET TEC Expansion Act
- Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Expansion 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.
- Feb 5, 2020Introduced 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.
