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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017

Introduced: November 9, 2017 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Nov 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Nov 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Nov 9, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Nov 9, 2017

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.

Nov 9, 2017

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department 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, fire fighting, 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.

What's happening now May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

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