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HR 5500 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Protect Veterans Employment and Training Services Act of 2014

Introduced: September 17, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 29, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Sep 17, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Sep 17, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Veterans Employment and Training Services Act of 2014 - Amends the disabled veterans' outreach program to authorize the Secretary of Labor to establish an order of priority for furnishing program services if state disabled veterans' outreach program specialists are unable to assist every eligible veteran seeking assistance.

Requires that priority order to be consistent with the program's purposes and the existing priority order of special disabled veterans, other disabled veterans, and other eligible veterans.

Allows a state disabled veterans' outreach program specialist to perform an initial intake and assessment of each veteran who seeks program services.

Authorizes local veterans' employment representatives to provide employment, training, and placement services directly to eligible veterans and eligible persons.

Requires those representatives to spend a majority of their time carrying out their principal duties of: (1) conducting outreach to local employers to assist veterans in gaining employment; and (2) facilitating the provision of state employment, training, and placement services to veterans.

Prohibits the Secretary from imposing restrictions on the duties that a state disabled veterans' outreach program specialist or a local veterans' employment representative may perform or the individuals they may assist other than those set forth in the law providing veterans with job counseling, training, and placement services.

What's happening now September 29, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1