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H.R. 2861 114th Congress House

Veteran Employment Transition Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of vetera… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 23, 2015 Introduced by: Scott H. Peters Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Taxation Congressional oversightDisability and paralysisEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archives
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Income tax creditsPerformance measurementPersonnel recordsPublic contracts and procurementSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Aug 13, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jul 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jun 23, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Small Business, Education and the Workforce, and 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.
Jun 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veteran Employment Transition Act

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans, and (2) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for qualified veterans.

Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit.

Requires DOD and the Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement to govern the coordination of veteran job training services. Requires the Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs to prepare reports on the veteran job training programs of their respective departments.

Amends the DOD pilot program for assessing the feasibility and advisability of permitting enlisted personnel to obtain civilian credentialing or licensing for skills required for military occupational specialties to require the designation as military occupational specialties of the MOS 31B Military Police, MOS 15Q AC-Air Traffic Controller, and the MOS 12M Fire Protection, in addition to not fewer than three and not more than five additional military occupational specialties.

Amends the Small Business Act to direct the head of each executive department to submit an annual report to the Small Business Administration containing the percentage of the total value of all prime contracts awarded by the executive department during the preceding one-year period to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 6
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Chu, Judy
California · Sep 16, 2015
 D
Frankel, Lois
Florida · Jun 23, 2015
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 23, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 23, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 23, 2015
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2861: Veteran Employment Transition Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2861/
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"H.R. 2861: Veteran Employment Transition Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2861/.
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H.R. 2861, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2861/.
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