3.0.0 3031 2026-07-18T00:01:48Z 2026-07-18T00:01:48Z House H HR 2025-04-28 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3031 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 70 (Monday, April 28, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BACON:H.R. 3031.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.[Page H1684]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2025-06-11T13:55:00Z Referred to 2025-05-12T13:54:45Z Referred To 2025-04-28T16:00:35Z Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act 119 1204 S 2025-12-19 Held at the desk. 14:40:31 Identical bill CRS 2025-06-11 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2025-05-12 hsvr10 Economic Opportunity Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Committee 2025-04-28 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2025-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-04-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 N N000191 Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] Joe Neguse D CO 2 2025-07-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents 2025-06-26T16:45:25Z Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation 2025-06-26T16:45:25Z Veterans' pensions and compensation 2025-06-26T16:45:25Z Armed Forces and National Security 2025-05-28T20:53:49Z 00 2025-04-28 Introduced in House 2026-04-24T22:14:21Z Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

This bill expands eligibility for the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program to the spouses of certain veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Such program is administered by the Department of Labor and generally provides career and employment services to disabled veterans.

The bill expands eligibility for the program to spouses of

  • persons who died while members of the Armed Forces;
  • persons who died of a service-connected disability;
  • members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, for more than 90 days, are listed as missing in action, captured by a hostile force, or forcibly detained or interned in the line of duty by a foreign government power;
  • persons who have a total permanent disability resulting from a service-connected disability; and
  • persons who died while an evaluated total disability was in existence.
]]> Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act Display Title 45 Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act 2026-07-18T00:01:48Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act 2025-05-08T04:38:16Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain spouses eligible for services under the disabled veterans' outreach program, and for other purposes. 2025-05-08T04:33:18Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-04-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr3031ih/xml/BILLS-119hr3031ih.xml 2025-06-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held 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.