3.0.0 3358 2023-01-11T13:18:25Z 2023-01-11T13:18:25Z House H HR 2009-07-28 111 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2009-08-20T13:27:17Z Referred to 2009-07-28T14:30:48Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-31T17:22:51Z Referred to 2009-07-28T14:30:49Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-07-28T14:30:50Z National Guard and Reserve Soft Landing Reintegration Act 111 1426 S 2009-07-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2009-08-20 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2009-07-31 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-07-28 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-07-28 Referred to House Veterans' Affairs IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2009-07-28 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-28 Referred to House Armed Services IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2009-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000191 Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] PETER DEFAZIO D OR A. 4 N S001180 Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] Kurt Schrader D OR 5 2009-07-28 True W000793 Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] DAVID WU D OR 1 2009-07-28 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2009-07-28 True W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2009-07-28 True Armed Forces and National Security Employee leave Health care coverage and access Income tax credits Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Rural conditions and development Transportation costs Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2009-07-28 Introduced in House 2009-10-21T19:02:04Z Troops' Soft Landing, Employment, and Rural Transportation Act - Requires that a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days for a contingency operation or a homeland defense mission be: (1) retained on active duty in the Armed Forces for 90 days after the end of the member's demobilization from a deployment; (2) allowed to use accrued leave; and (3) paid specified pay and allowances.

Allows a member to be released from such retention if the member requests release after the first 15 days of the retention.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide each member so retained (and, as practicable, appropriate family members) reintegration counseling and services.

Amends Internal Revenue Code work opportunity tax credit provisions, with regard to unemployed veterans living in counties where the unemployment is over a specified national threshold, to increase the credit from 40% to 50% and the maximum first-year wages which may be taken into account from $6,000 to $10,000.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a competitive grant program to assist veterans in rural areas to travel to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities.

]]> Troops' Soft Landing, Employment, and Rural Transportation Act Display Title Troops' Soft Landing, Employment, and Rural Transportation Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention on active duty after demobilization of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces following extended deployments in contingency operations or homeland defense missions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Troops' Soft Landing, Employment, and Rural Transportation Act Introduced in House 2009-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3358ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3358ih.xml 2009-08-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.