Skip to main content
HR 4879 107th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Accounting Administrative procedure Cost accounting Department of Labor Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Disabled veterans Economics and Public Finance Employment agencies Employment of the disabled Executive reorganization Families Federal advisory bodies Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Homeless veterans Labor and Employment

Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act of 2002

Introduced: June 6, 2002 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Sign in to write a letter Sign in to watch
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 2, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Jun 6, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 6, 2002
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity, and Training Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish the Veterans' Employment, Business Opportunity and Training Program through which State governors or other entities receive grants for providing employment services to veterans, servicemembers, and the spouses of certain veterans. Requires the Secretary to ensure that all services under the program are provided through grants awarded on a competitive basis and that such grants include appropriate performance requirements with clear outcome measures. Requires each governor or entity receiving grant funds to: (1) achieve the performance requirements; and (2) comply with applicable uniform-cost principles and regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

Transfers from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs responsibility for the administration of: (1) certain employment services for veterans; (2) a program of furnishing counseling and employment and training assistance to members of the armed forces who are being separated from active duty and their spouses; and (3) the homeless veterans' reintegration program.

What's happening now July 2, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2