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HR 1227 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Employment and training programs Military readiness National Guard and reserves Performance measurement Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Work for Warriors Act of 2015

Introduced: March 3, 2015 Introduced by: Takano, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Mar 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mar 3, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 3, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Work for Warriors Act of 2015

Authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to carry out a pilot program to enhance DOD's efforts to provide job placement assistance and related employment services to members of the National Guard and Reserves and veterans of the Armed Forces. Requires the program to follow a job placement program model that focuses on working one-on-one with a member of a reserve component to cost-effectively provide job placement services.

Requires DOD to: (1) develop outcome measurements to evaluate the success of the program, and (2) report to the congressional defense committees on program results.

Terminates the authority to carry out the program on September 30, 2018, with an authorized extension for up to two additional fiscal years.

What's happening now August 13, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1735 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
  • HR 4909 Related bill National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
  • HR 6062 Related bill SERVICE Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · May 27, 2016
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Feb 4, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1227: Work for Warriors Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1227/
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