3.0.0 3082 2023-01-13T04:47:51Z 2023-01-13T04:47:51Z House H HR 2005-06-28 109 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-07-25T20:50:44Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Reported by 2006-05-10T18:56:40Z Markup by 2006-05-10T18:56:21Z Hearings by 2006-04-27T17:03:08Z Referred to 2005-07-11T16:56:04Z Reported by 2006-07-24T18:12:54Z Markup by 2006-07-13T13:03:41Z Referred to 2005-06-28T13:00:10Z H. Rept. 109-592 2006-07-25 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-07-24 16:49:55 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. Floor H38800 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 16:49:53 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 16:49:50 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5640-5644) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 16:49:50 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5640-5644) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2006-07-24 16:31:42 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3082. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 16:31:40 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5640-5647) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 16:31:28 Mr. Bradley (NH) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2006-07-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 343. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00343 2006-07-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 109-592. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-07-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 109-592. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2006-07-13 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote. Committee 2006-07-13 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-05-10 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent . Committee 2006-05-10 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2006-04-27 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2005-07-27 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2005-07-11 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2005-06-28 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2005-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 N H001037 Rep. Herseth, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth D SD 0 2005-06-28 True B000463 Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] MICHAEL BILIRAKIS R FL 9 2005-06-28 True B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2005-06-28 True E000268 Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] TERRY EVERETT R AL 2 2005-06-28 True B001247 Rep. 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[R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2006-07-24 False 2006-07-19T04:00:00Z H.R. 3082, Veterans Small Business and Memorial Affairs Act of 2006 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/17979 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 13, 2006</p> 2006-07-19T04:00:00Z H.R. 3082, Veterans Small Business and Memorial Affairs Act of 2006 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17979 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 13, 2006 Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Department of Veterans Affairs Disabled Families Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Labor and Employment Science, Technology, Communications Small business Subcontractors Survivors' benefits Veterans' benefits Veterans' employment Armed Forces and National Security 00 2005-06-28 Introduced in House 2005-08-30T20:47:34Z Veteran-Owned Small Business Promotion Act of 2005 - Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to award not less than nine percent of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards for each fiscal year to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Requires at least one-third of those awards to go to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Requires a business, in order to be so eligible, to be listed in a database of veteran-owned small businesses maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Provides enforcement penalties for misrepresentation as a veteran-owned small business. Treats a veteran's surviving spouse as a veteran for purposes of eligibility of a business after the death of the veteran-owner.

Provides the highest priority in the award of such contracts and subcontracts to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Directs the Secretary, in procuring goods and services pursuant to a contracting preference, to give priority to a small business owned and controlled by a veteran if such small business also meets the requirements of the contracting preference.

]]> 36 2006-07-24 Passed House amended 2006-10-30T19:44:59Z Veterans Small Business and Memorial Affairs Act of 2006 - Title I: Small Business - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a goal for each year for participation in Department of Veterans Affairs (Department) contracts and subcontracts by small businesses owned and controlled by veterans and veterans with service-connected disabilities. Requires the performance review of each senior Department official and Assistant Secretary with procurement authority to include an assessment of that official's performance in meeting such goals. Allows: (1) the use of noncompetitive procedures (a preference) within the Department in entering into contracts with such small businesses for an amount less than the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act); (2) Department contracting officers to award sole source contracts to such businesses for contracts above the simplified acquisition threshold but below $5 million; and (3) the use of restricted competition to such small businesses if two or more such businesses will submit offers and the award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Directs the Secretary, for purposes of this section, to maintain a database of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans and the veteran owners of such businesses. Bars any small business that misrepresents itself as a small business owned and controlled by veterans from Department contracts for a five-year period. Continues to treat a business as veteran owned and controlled, for a conditional temporary period, after the death of the veteran causes the business to be less than 51 percent veteran-owned and controlled. Allows for the completion of the contract term in the case of a termination of veteran management or control over a small business. Requires: (1) quarterly reports from the Secretary to Congress on small business contracting; (2) a study by the Comptroller General (CG) on efforts made by the Secretary to meet such contracting goals; and (3) interim and final reports from the CG to Congress on study results.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary, in procuring goods and services pursuant to a contracting preference, to give priority to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans, if such business also meets the requirements of that contracting preference.

Title II: Memorial Affairs - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to tribal organizations for establishing, expanding, or improving veterans' cemeteries on trust land owned by, or held in trust for, such organizations.

(Sec. 202) Makes permanent (currently terminates on December 31, 2006) the authority of the Secretary to place markers on the graves of veterans buried in national cemeteries. Repeals a related reporting requirement.

Amends the Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion Act of 2001 to provide the government marker benefit to veterans dying on or after November 1, 1990 (currently September 11, 2001). Authorizes the provision of headstones (currently, only markers). Allows for the placing of a headstone or marker as close as possible to the grave when its placing on the grave itself is impossible or impracticable.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the provision of a memorial headstone or marker (with an inscription) for the eligible dependent child of a veteran.

Title III: Veterans' Employment and Training - (Sec. 301) Directs the Secretary of Labor to maintain state guidelines for professional qualifications of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists (specialists) and local veterans' employment representatives (representatives). Requires states to submit such qualifications and training programs for such specialists and representatives as a condition for receipt of a grant or contract from the Veterans' Employment and Training Services (VETS).

(Sec. 302) States that part-time employment of such specialists and representatives shall be performed on a half-time basis.

(Sec. 303) Requires states, as a condition to VETS funding, to provide licensing and certification programs for veterans.

(Sec. 304) Requires states, as a condition to VETS funding, to require each employee hired as a specialist or representative to satisfactorily complete training provided by the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute during the three-year period beginning on the date the employee is so designated. Requires states to submit to VETS information on employee training conducted at the Institute. Outlines provisions concerning the application of such training requirements to new employees and certain employees hired before the date of enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 305) Requires information on veterans' employment and training services required under this Act to be included within annual VETS program reports from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees.

(Sec. 306) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with a nongovernmental entity to carry out job placement services for veterans in a locality where the unemployment rate for veterans exceeds the national average unemployment rate. Allows such Secretary, in carrying out such contract, to use procedures other than competitive procedures. Limits to $3 million the total amount to be obligated for such contracts in a fiscal year. Terminates such contract authority five years after the enactment of this Act. Requires a report from the CG to the veterans' committees on the services provided.

(Sec. 307) Allows the Assistant Secretary of VETS to give incentive awards to employment service offices (currently, only to eligible employees).

(Sec. 308) Directs the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations on the implementation of priority of service for veterans in Department of Labor programs.

(Sec. 309) Directs the Assistant Secretary of VETS to carry out a demonstration project on veteran credentialing in order to facilitate the seamless transition of members of the Armed Forces from active-duty service to civilian employment. Requires the Assistant Secretary to select at least ten military occupational specialties for the demonstration project. Authorizes the Assistant Secretary to establish a task force to assist in carrying out the project. Requires the project to begin 60 days after the enactment of this Act and to continue until the end of FY2009. Authorizes appropriations.

Includes the National Governors Association within the membership of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Employment, Training, and Employer Outreach.

Title IV: Education - (Sec. 401) Exempts federal, state, or local government institutions, or institutions primarily supported by funding from a federal, state, or local government entity, from the requirement that non-accredited education programs have a pro-rata refund policy.

(Sec. 402) Extends, through June 30, 2007, the authorized work-study allowance for jobs at national cemeteries, state veterans' homes, and state approving agencies.

(Sec. 403) Requires a report from the Secretary to Congress on streamlining processes and procedures for the administration of veterans' educational assistance benefits.

(Sec. 404) Restores entitlement to educational benefits for individuals who had to discontinue a course of education due to being ordered to full-time National Guard duty after September 11, 2001.

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