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S 291 118th 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 Government information and archives Labor-management relations Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2023 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 26, 2023
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.
Feb 7, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 7, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 (VA) 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.

Prior to the transfer of administrative responsibilities, the bill requires the VA to certify that (1) the transition of the provision of services will not negatively affect the provision of such services to veterans, and (2) such services are ready to be transferred.

What's happening now April 26, 2023

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.

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