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Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012

Introduced: July 30, 2012 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
Sep 19, 2012
Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 476.
Sep 19, 2012
Cloture motion on the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (consideration: CR S6405)
Sep 19, 2012
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S6393, S6395-6405)
Sep 12, 2012
Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S6260; text: CR S6260)
Sep 12, 2012
Motion by Senator Reid to commit to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs with instructions to report back forthwith with amendment SA 2812 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6259)
Sep 12, 2012
Cloture motion on amendment SA 2789 presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S6259; text: CR S6259)
Sep 12, 2012
Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: S6259-6260)
Sep 12, 2012
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 8. Record Vote Number: 192.
Sep 12, 2012
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S6243, S6246-6249, S6254-6258, S6258-6259)
Sep 11, 2012
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 1. Record Vote Number: 191. (consideration: CR S6083; text: S6083)
Sep 11, 2012
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6075, S6081-6083, S6095-6097)
Sep 10, 2012
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6025, S6038)
Aug 2, 2012
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5950; text: CR S5950)
Aug 2, 2012
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5901-5904, S5921-5927, S5934-5940, S5941-5950)
Aug 1, 2012
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5805-5824, S5825-5858)
Jul 31, 2012
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 476.
Jul 30, 2012
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jul 30, 2012
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 60

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

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SAMDT 2,814 Of a perfecting nature. Pending Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,813 Of a perfecting nature. Pending Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,812 To change the enactment date. Pending Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,811 Of a perfecting nature. Pending Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,810 To change the enactment date. Pending Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,809 Of a perfecting nature. Fell Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,808 To change the enactment date. Ruled out of order Sep 19, 2012
SAMDT 2,789 Murray, Patty In the nature of a substitute. Withdrawn Sep 19, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) (Secretary) to establish a veteran jobs corps to employ veterans: (1) in conservation, resource management, and historic preservation projects on public lands and maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration; and (2) as firefighters and law enforcement officers. Requires priority employment for veterans who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001. Provides for such employment in coordination with the Attorney General, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Homeland Security, and the Interior. Directs the Secretary to establish a steering committee for assistance in providing such employment.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment with access to computing facilities in order to: (1) match veterans with available jobs based on veterans' skills acquired as members of the Armed Forces, and (2) allow employers to post information about available jobs.

Directs the Secretary, as a condition of a grant or contract to a state for certain veterans' employment and training programs, to require the state to demonstrate the consideration of any military training received by a veteran when approving or denying a commercial driver's license or a certification to be a nursing assistant or certified nursing assistant, or an emergency medical technician or paramedic.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum funding levels for specified veterans' benefits contracts and grants to ensure that each state receives sufficient funding to support at least one disabled veterans' outreach program specialist and one local veterans' employment representative per 5,000 square miles of service delivery area within the state.

Directs the Secretary of Labor, during the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, to provide the Transition Assistance Program to veterans and their spouses at locations other than military installations in at least three and up to five states selected by the Secretary based on the highest rates of veteran unemployment.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a 100% continuous levy upon the property and rights of Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act) providers and suppliers neglecting or refusing to pay taxes.

Repeals provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 providing for a program for the research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production.

Permits the Secretary of State to deny, revoke, or limit a passport to any individual upon receiving certification from the Secretary of the Treasury that such individual has a delinquent tax debt in an amount in excess of $50,000.

What's happening now September 19, 2012

Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 476.

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