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Veterans Educational and Vocational Counseling Amendments of 1990

Introduced: February 22, 1990 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 18 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 15, 1990
Similiar Provisions Included In H.R.1199 (Section 205).
Jul 11, 1990
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Jul 10, 1990
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 10, 1990
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 10, 1990
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 10, 1990
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jul 10, 1990
On ordering a second Agreed to without objection.
Jul 10, 1990
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jul 10, 1990
Mr. Stump demanded a second on the motion to suspend the rules.
Jul 10, 1990
Mr. Montgomery moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 27, 1990
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 349.
Jun 27, 1990
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 101-563.
May 3, 1990
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 3, 1990
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mar 8, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment.
Mar 8, 1990
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 22, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 22, 1990
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Educational and Vocational Counseling Amendments of 1990 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide educational and vocational counseling and related services to: (1) individuals eligible for educational assistance under the armed forces educational assistance program; (2) individuals discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable within the past year; and (3) individuals serving on active duty and within 180 days from being released or discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

Requires the Secretary to make available information concerning the need for general education and for trained personnel in the various crafts, trades, and professions. Requires the Secretary to acquaint all eligible individuals with the availability of counseling services offered under this Act.

Provides entitlement for a veterans' rehabilitation program for persons receiving outpatient medical care or treatment for a service-connected disability pending discharge from active military service when the Secretary has determined that the hospital providing such care or treatment is under contract with or under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Secretary of the military department concerned.

Includes the payment of handling fees by the Secretary as part of the scope and services authorized to be provided to a veterans' rehabilitation program.

Authorizes the payment of a subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing a vocational rehabilitation program in a Federal, State, or local governmental agency. (Currently, such allowance is offered only to veterans pursuing a program at the Federal level.)

Repeals certain reporting requirements concerning post-Vietnam era veterans' educational assistance and education loan defaults.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend, terminate, reduce, or make a final denial of any financial assistance or payment under either a veterans' or an armed forces' educational assistance program or take other adverse action based on information produced by a matching program with the Department of Defense. Requires the Secretary, before taking any such action, to provide the individual involved with written notice of the findings of the Secretary based on the matching program and of the individual's right to contest the findings within ten days.

Ratifies, from July 2, 1990, to the enactment of this Act, the use by the Department of Veterans Affairs of any category of information provided by the Department or the Department of Defense for making military service status determinations of persons receiving veterans' or armed forces' educational assistance.

Delays the effective date of the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 with respect to certain education benefits computer matching programs between DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Entitles to basic educational assistance those military personnel who, after completion of the minimum required period of active duty, are placed on the retired list, transferred to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, or are placed on the temporary disability retired list after being discharged from active duty under honorable conditions.

What's happening now August 15, 1990

Similiar Provisions Included In H.R.1199 (Section 205).

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1