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Warriors' Peer-Outreach Pilot Program Act

Introduced: August 2, 2013 Introduced by: Takano, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2014
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Aug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 2, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Warriors' Peer-Outreach Pilot Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Veteran Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to provide outreach and support services to veterans at institutions of higher learning that enable them to make more successful use of their entitlement to educational assistance.

Requires the Secretary to select one four-year public university, one community college, and one private nonprofit college at which to conduct the pilot program.

Requires the pilot program to provide peer-outreach and peer-support services to students at such institutions who are veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn by employing veterans who: (1) are using, or have successfully used, their entitlement to educational assistance; and (2) have served on active duty in a theater of combat operations.

Directs the Secretary to provide training to the veterans employed by the pilot program and to develop requirements and measures for assessing the effectiveness of program services.

What's happening now March 25, 2014

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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