S 2683 114th Congress Senate 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: March 15, 2016 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 7, 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-242.

Oct 7, 2016

Signed by President.

Sep 29, 2016

Presented to President.

Sep 27, 2016

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 27, 2016

On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5946)

Sep 27, 2016

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H5946)

Sep 27, 2016

Mr. LoBiondo asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.

Sep 27, 2016

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5946)

Sep 22, 2016

Held at the desk.

Sep 22, 2016

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Sep 22, 2016

Received in the House.

Sep 22, 2016

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6064)

Sep 22, 2016

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6064)

Sep 22, 2016

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6064)

Sep 22, 2016

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.

Mar 15, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Mar 15, 2016

Introduced in Senate

Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

Amendment	Sponsor	Purpose	Status	Latest action
SAMDT 5,091	Hirono, Mazie K.	To improve the bill.	Agreed to	Sep 22, 2016

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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 22, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 October 7, 2016

Became Public Law No: 114-242.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 4 versions

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 2

Moran, Jerry

Kansas · Sep 7, 2016

Fischer, Deb

Nebraska · Mar 15, 2016

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2683: Federal Aviation Administration Veteran Transition Improvement Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2683/

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