3.0.0 951 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z 2023-01-11T13:22:35Z Senate S S 2011-05-11 112 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-07-07T18:59:14Z Markup by 2011-06-29T16:18:25Z Hearings by 2011-06-08T18:13:26Z Referred to 2011-05-11T18:50:16Z S. Rept. 112-36 Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 112 1941 HR 2011-07-15 Committee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2011-07-18 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate By Senator Murray from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-36. Floor 2011-07-18 By Senator Murray from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-36. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2011-07-07 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95. Calendars 2011-07-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Murray with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 2011-07-07 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Murray with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2011-06-29 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2011-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-116. Committee 2011-05-11 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2882-2884) IntroReferral 2011-05-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2881-2882) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N M001153 Sen. 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Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2011-07-07 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-07-11 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-07-26 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-07-27 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2011-08-02 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-08-02 False H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. 2011-09-06 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-09-26 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2011-10-03 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-10-06 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-11-07 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2011-11-07 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-11-07 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-11-08 False Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Licensing and registrations Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2011-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-03T15:35:02Z Hiring Heroes Act of 2011- Amends the Wounded Warriors Act to extend until January 1, 2015, the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans.

Expands the authority of the VA Secretary to make payments to employers to provide on-job training to veterans to include veterans who have not been rehabilitated to the point of employability.

Entitles certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have exhausted their rights to unemployment benefits to participation in an additional VA rehabilitation program. Limits the duration of such a program to 24 months. Makes the 12-year period of eligibility for a VA rehabilitation program inapplicable under such an additional program.

Instructs the VA Secretary to follow-up on the employment status of veterans who participate in a VA rehabilitation program.

Requires (current law encourages) participation by eligible members in the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires (under current law, authorizes) the provision of preseparation counseling to members whose discharge or release is anticipated.

Instructs the Secretary of Labor to follow-up on the employment status of members who complete their participation in the TAP.

Directs the VA Secretary to award grants to up to three nonprofit organizations under a collaborative veterans' training, mentoring, and placement program for eligible veterans seeking employment.

Requires participants in the TAP to receive individualized assessments of civilian positions for which they may be qualified based on a joint DOD, VA, and Department of Labor study of the equivalencies between military skills and civilian employment requirements.

Authorizes the appointment of an honorably discharged member of the uniformed services to a position in the civil service, without regard to specified civil service examination, certification, and appointment provisions, if otherwise qualified.

Requires executive agencies to establish programs to provide employment assistance to members who are being separated from active duty.

Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out an outreach program to provide employment assistance to certain veterans who have been receiving assistance under the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers program.

Authorizes a pilot program to assess the feasibility of providing work experience to certain members of the Armed Forces who are on terminal leave.

Requires (under current law, authorizes) a VA demonstration project on the credentialing and licensing of veterans.

]]> 01 2011-07-07 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-09-28T15:48:10Z Hiring Heroes Act of 2011- (Sec. 2) Amends the Wounded Warriors Act to extend through 2014 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of the Armed Forces (members) with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans.

(Sec. 3) Authorizes the VA Secretary to make payments to employers to provide on-job training to veterans who have not been rehabilitated to the point of employability.

(Sec. 4) Entitles certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have already completed a VA rehabilitation program and have exhausted their rights to unemployment benefits to participation in an additional VA rehabilitation program. Limits the latter program to 24 months. Makes the 12-year post-service period of eligibility for a VA rehabilitation program inapplicable with respect to the additional program.

(Sec. 5) Directs the VA Secretary to follow-up (at least once every six months for a year and a half) on the employment status of veterans who participate in a VA rehabilitation program.

(Sec. 6) Requires (current law encourages) participation by eligible members in the Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) of the Department of Defense (DOD). Requires (under current law, authorizes) the provision of preseparation counseling to members whose discharge or release is anticipated.

(Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of Labor to follow-up (at least three times over a one-year period) on the employment status of members who complete their participation in the TAP. Requires such Secretary to contract for TAP audits, to be conducted at least every three years. Requires audit reports.

(Sec. 8) Directs the VA Secretary to award grants to up to three nonprofit organizations under a collaborative veterans' training, mentoring, and placement program for eligible veterans seeking employment. Requires program reports from such Secretary to the congressional veterans committees. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 9) Directs the Secretaries of DOD, VA, and Labor to jointly contract with an organization or entity to conduct a study to identify any equivalences between the skills developed by members through military occupational specialties and the qualifications required for various positions of civilian employment in the private sector. Requires the organization or entity chosen to report study results to such Secretaries, who shall transmit the report to Congress. Requires TAP participants to receive individualized assessments of civilian positions for which they may be qualified based on the study. Authorizes the Secretaries of VA and Labor to use the assessments for employment-related assistance in an individual's transition from military service to civilian life.

(Sec. 10) Authorizes the head of an executive agency to appoint an honorably discharged member to a position in the civil service, without regard to specified civil service examination, certification, and appointment provisions, if such individual is otherwise qualified. Requires executive agencies to establish programs to provide employment assistance to members being separated from active duty.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary of Labor to carry out an outreach program to provide employment assistance to individuals recently separated from service who have been receiving assistance under the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers program for more than 105 days.

(Sec. 12) Authorizes the DOD Secretary to carry out a a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of providing work experience to certain members who are on terminal leave. Requires such Secretary to report to the defense and veterans committees on the pilot program.

(Sec. 13) Requires (under current law, authorizes) a VA demonstration project on the credentialing and licensing of veterans for the purpose of facilitating the seamless transition of members from service on active duty to civilian employment. Reduces from 10 to 5 the minimum number of occupational specialties to be considered under the project. Limits the project to two years. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training to carry out a study comparing costs incurred by the DOD Secretary in training members for military occupational specialties with costs incurred by the Secretaries of VA and Labor in providing employment-related assistance to veterans. Directs the Assistant Secretary to report study results to Congress.

(Sec. 14) Allows the Secretaries of DOD and Homeland Security to allow members eligible for assistance under a DOD employment, job training, and transitional assistance program to participate in an apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship program that provides members with education, training, and services necessary to transition to employment that leads to economic self-sufficiency.

(Sec. 15) Extends through FY2014 VA authority to collect a loan fee for certain subsequent VA-guaranteed housing loans. Revises loan fee amounts.

]]> Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 Display Title Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2011-07-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s951rs/xml/BILLS-112s951rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s951is/xml/BILLS-112s951is.xml 2011-07-18 By Senator Murray from Committee on Veterans' Affairs filed written report. Report No. 112-36. 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.