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S 1003 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

VET OPP Act of 2019

Introduced: May 16, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Apr 3, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Apr 3, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019 or the VET OPP Act of 2019

This bill establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors.

Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs:

  • vocational rehabilitation and employment programs,
  • educational assistance programs,
  • veterans' housing loan and related programs,
  • the Transition Assistance Program, and
  • the database of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
What's happening now April 3, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2045 Related bill To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition …
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
Cruz, Ted
Texas · Mar 4, 2020
McSally, Martha
· May 16, 2019
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Apr 9, 2019
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Apr 3, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1003: VET OPP Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1003/
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