3.0.0 889 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z Senate S S 2013-05-07 113 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2013-06-12T13:49:17Z Referred to 2013-05-07T22:33:34Z Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 113 631 HR 2013-04-25 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . Related bill CRS 2013-06-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111. Committee 2013-05-07 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3167) IntroReferral 2013-05-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3167) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2013-05-07 True M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2013-05-07 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-05-07 True Armed Forces and National Security Academic performance and assessments Congressional oversight Disability and paralysis Government studies and investigations Higher education Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2013-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-02T15:13:31Z Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) (employment and job training assistance and related services for members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty, and for their spouses) to require such Program to include: (1) information about disability-related employment and education protections, (2) instruction in the use of educational assistance entitlements, (3) testing to determine academic readiness for post-secondary education and appropriate courses, (4) instruction on the financing of post-secondary education, and (5) information on benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned.

Requires the VA Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans committees the results of a study to determine the feasibility of providing veterans' benefits instruction at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided through a joint contract with the Secretary of Labor.

]]> Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 Display Title Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s889is/xml/BILLS-113s889is.xml 2013-06-12 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111. 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.