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HR 5957 114th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airports Department of Transportation Disability and paralysis Employee leave Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Transportation employees Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care

Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016

Introduced: September 13, 2016 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 14 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 21, 2016
Received in the Senate.
Sep 20, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 20, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5699)
Sep 20, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5699)
Sep 20, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5957.
Sep 20, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5699-5700)
Sep 20, 2016
Mr. Zeldin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 20, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 604.
Sep 20, 2016
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 114-771.
Sep 14, 2016
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Sep 14, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 9, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 8, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 8, 2016
Introduced in House
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Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill applies federal civil service requirements to leave used by disabled armed forces veterans in the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

To verify that leave credited to such an employee is used for treating a service-connected disability, the employee shall certify to FAA Human Resource Management that the employee used that leave for purposes of being furnished treatment for that disability by a health care provider.

What's happening now September 21, 2016

Received in the Senate.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 636 Related bill FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
  • S 2683 Identical bill Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016
 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 13, 2016
Comstock, Barbara
· Sep 13, 2016
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Sep 13, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5957: Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5957/
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"H.R. 5957: Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5957/.
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H.R. 5957, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5957/.
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