US Congress House Bill 2056 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 74-1-1)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-07-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Veteran Employment Transition Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans, and (2) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit. Requires the Secretaries of Labor, Veterans Affairs, and Defense to enter into an agreement to govern the coordination of veteran job training services. Requires the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs to prepare reports on the veteran job training programs of their respective departments. Amends the DOD pilot program for assessing the feasibility and advisability of permitting enlisted personnel to obtain civilian credentialing or licensing for skills required for military occupational specialties to require the designation as military occupational specialties of the MOS 31B Military Police, MOS 15Q AC-Air Traffic Controller, and the MOS 12M Fire Protection, in addition to not fewer than three and not more than five additional military occupational specialties. Amends the Small Business Act to direct the head of each executive department to submit an annual report to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) containing the percentage of the total value of all prime contracts awarded by the executive department during the preceding one-year period to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

Veteran Employment Transition Act

Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Pete Gallego [D-TX]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-06-20	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-05-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-05-20	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2013-05-20	House	Referred to House Small Business
2013-05-20	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-05-20	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-05-20	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-05-20	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Armed Services, Small Business, and Education and the Workforce, 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.

SB140 (Related) 2013-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2056/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2056/BILLS-113hr2056ih.pdf