3.0.0 5032 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z 2023-01-11T13:26:01Z House H HR 2014-07-09 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York:H.R. 5032.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H6035]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Referred to 2014-07-18T18:55:31Z Referred to 2014-07-09T14:00:45Z 2014-07-18 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2014-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2014-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001185 Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] Sean Maloney D NY Patrick 18 N M001190 Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] Markwayne Mullin R OK 2 2014-07-09 True T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2014-07-09 True Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Disability and paralysis Employment and training programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Mental health Neurological disorders Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-07-09 Introduced in House 2014-10-09T14:53:07Z Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and publish an action plan for improving the training and rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Requires such plan to include:

  • a comprehensive analysis of, and recommendations and a proposed implementation plan for remedying, workload management challenges at regional offices of the VA, including steps to reduce counselor case loads of veterans participating in a rehabilitation program;
  • a comprehensive analysis of the reasons for the disproportionately low percentage of veterans with service-connected disabilities who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, who opt to participate in a VA rehabilitation program relative to the percentage of such veterans who use their entitlement to VA educational assistance;
  • recommendations and a proposed implementation plan for encouraging more veterans with service-connected disabilities who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, to participate in VA rehabilitation programs; and
  • a national staff training program for vocational rehabilitation counselors, that includes the provision of training to assist counselors in understanding the very profound disorientation experienced by warriors because of their injury, training to assist counselors in working in partnership with veterans on individual rehabilitation plans, and training on post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions and on moderate to severe traumatic brain injury that is designed to improve the ability of such counselors to assist veterans with such conditions.
]]> Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act Display Title Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop and publish an action plan for improving the vocational rehabilitation services and assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Wounded Warrior Employment Improvement Act Introduced in House 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5032ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5032ih.xml 2014-07-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. 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.