3.0.0 1682 2023-01-11T13:23:44Z 2023-01-11T13:23:44Z Senate S S 2013-11-12 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-11-12T22:29:25Z Veterans Education Counseling Act 113 3399 HR 2013-11-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS 2013-11-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2013-11-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N Armed Forces and National Security Government information and archives Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-11-12 Introduced in Senate 2014-01-16T23:01:47Z Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 - Modifies provisions relating to educational and vocational counseling for veterans to provide a program of counseling services to be known as the Academic Counseling and Educational Information Service. Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) make available to veterans information about the definitions, eligibility requirements, and services provided by such counseling and how such counseling services differ from those provided as part of rehabilitation and readjustment assistance programs for veterans; and (2) maintain a website on which a person is able to request such counseling services.

Establishes as the primary goal of such counseling services to provide individuals with assistance in: (1) pursuing postsecondary education and training opportunities, (2) obtaining information about and data on such opportunities, (3) selecting a program of education or training, and (4) addressing other needs relating to education.

]]> Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 Display Title Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1682is/xml/BILLS-113s1682is.xml 2013-11-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.