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Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017

Introduced: November 9, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
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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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 11, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Nov 15, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Nov 9, 2017
Kihuen, Ruben
· Nov 9, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Nov 9, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4363: Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4363/
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"H.R. 4363: Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4363/.
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H.R. 4363, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4363/.
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