[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 802 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 802

  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar 
                             Award Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2011

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar 
                             Award Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. VETSTAR AWARD PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
establish an award program, to be known as the ``VetStar Award 
Program'', to annually recognize businesses for their contributions to 
veterans' employment.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary shall establish a process for 
the administration of the award program, including criteria for--
            (1) categories and sectors of businesses eligible for 
        recognition each year; and
            (2) objective measures to be used in selecting businesses 
        to receive the award.
    (c) Veteran Defined.--In this section, the term ``veteran'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(2) of title 38, United States 
Code.
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