3.0.0 1003 2022-11-01T19:02:22Z 2022-11-01T19:02:22Z Senate S 2019-04-03 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-03T17:28:04Z To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes. 116 2045 HR 2019-05-22 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS 2019-04-03 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-04-03 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2019-04-09 False M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2019-05-16 False C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2020-03-04 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-24T11:00:52Z Veterans' Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019 or the VET OPP Act of 2019

This bill establishes the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration to administer economic opportunity assistance programs for veterans and their dependents and survivors.

Specifically, the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration must administer the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs:

  • vocational rehabilitation and employment programs,
  • educational assistance programs,
  • veterans' housing loan and related programs,
  • the Transition Assistance Program, and
  • the database of small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans.
]]> VET OPP Act of 2019 Display Title VET OPP Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced VET OPP Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans’ Education, Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration and the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1003is/xml/BILLS-116s1003is.xml 2019-04-03 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.