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HR 5630 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Licensing and registrations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for qualifications for vocational rehabilitation counselors and vocational rehabilitation employment coordinators employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Introduced: June 29, 2010 Introduced by: Boozman, John Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2010
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 28, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 28, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7020)
Sep 28, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7020)
Sep 28, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5630.
Sep 28, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7019-7020)
Sep 28, 2010
Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 28, 2010
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
Sep 28, 2010
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-627.
Sep 15, 2010
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 15, 2010
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 2, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 29, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Requires each individual employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a vocational rehabilitation counselor to: (1) have completed a masters degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling before such employment; (2) obtain certification within five years after obtaining such employment; and (3) maintain such certification as a condition of continued employment.

Requires each individual employed as a vocational rehabilitation employment coordinator to: (1) have completed a bachelors degree in the relevant field before such employment; (2) obtain certification within five years after obtaining such employment; and (3) maintain such certification as a condition of continued employment.

Requires the Director of the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service to develop a remediation plan for a counselor or coordinator who fails to meet any applicable condition and which the counselor or coordinator must complete in order to continue employment.

What's happening now September 29, 2010

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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