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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015

Introduced: April 22, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 18, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
May 11, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Apr 23, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Apr 22, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.
Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in House
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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a veterans conservation corps to assist unemployed veterans in the transition from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to employ such veterans: (1) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands; (2) in maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration; and (3) as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and disaster relief personnel.

Requires priority to be given to the employment of veterans who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001.

Requires, as part of the veterans conservation corps: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to award grants under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to hire veterans as firefighters, (2) the Attorney General to award grants under the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program) under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to hire veterans as law enforcement officers, and (3) the DHS Secretary to provide funds to increase participation by veterans in the Federal Emergency Management Agency Corps program.

Authorizes the VA Secretary to transfer amounts to carry out the corps to the Attorney General, the Chief of Engineers, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, DHS, and the Interior.

Directs the VA Secretary to establish a steering committee to establish selection criteria for, and provide advice to the VA Secretary on, the awarding of assistance under this Act.

What's happening now August 18, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 11
D
Huffman, Jared
California · Oct 20, 2015
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jun 25, 2015
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · May 12, 2015
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Apr 22, 2015
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 22, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Apr 22, 2015
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Apr 22, 2015
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