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S 2239 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Licensing and registrations Military education and training Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

Introduced: March 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2012
Held at the desk.
Jul 9, 2012
Received in the House.
Jun 29, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 29, 2012
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4781; text as passed in Senate: CR S4781)
Jun 29, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4781; text as passed in Senate: CR S4781)
Jun 29, 2012
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 439.
Jun 29, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Jun 29, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 27, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 27, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act - Directs the head of each federal licensing authority to consider, and authorizes such official to accept, any relevant training received by an individual while serving as a member of the Armed Forces for the purpose of satisfying the license requirements.

What's happening now July 9, 2012

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4155 Related bill Veteran Skills to Jobs Act
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Jul 11, 2012
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jun 27, 2012
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 7, 2012
 D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 27, 2012
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 27, 2012
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2239: Veteran Skills to Jobs Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2239/
MLA
"S. 2239: Veteran Skills to Jobs Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2239/.
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S. 2239, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-2239/.
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