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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON:H.R. 1182.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 18, Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionCongress shall have the poower . . . ``To make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution of the foregoing Powers, and all other Powersvested by the Constitution in the Government of the UnitedStates, or any Department or Officer thereof.''The single subject of this legislation is:This bill amends the VA Choice and Quality Employment Actto direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish avacancy and recruitment database to facilitate therecruitment of members of the Armed Forces to satisfy theoccupational needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, andestablish and implement a training and certification programfor intermediate care technicians.[Page H876]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2023&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current recruiting database by requiring the VA to maintain a single searchable database to be known as the &lt;i&gt;Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With respect to vacant positions for critical jobs or mental health professionals, the database must list (1) the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, and (2) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member has been discharged and released from active duty. Qualified members of the Armed Forces are those service members who (1) are being separated or recently separated from active duty, (2) elect to be listed in the database, and (3) have been determined by the VA to have a military occupational specialty.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The database must list the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The VA must implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The bill also requires the VA to train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes.</title>
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