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[H.R. 802 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 41
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 802

                          [Report No. 112-80]

  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

                              May 20, 2011

         Additional sponsors: Mr. Grimm and Mr. Johnson of Ohio

                              May 20, 2011

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. VETSTAR AWARD PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Administration.--The Secretary shall establish a 
process for the administration of the award program, including criteria 
for--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) categories and sectors of businesses eligible 
        for recognition each year; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) objective measures to be used in selecting 
        businesses to receive the award.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. VETSTAR AWARD PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 532 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Secretary may'' and inserting `` (a) 
        Advertising in National Media.--The Secretary may''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) VetStar Award Program.--(1) The Secretary shall establish an 
award program, to be known as the `VetStar Award Program', to annually 
recognize businesses for their contributions to veterans' employment.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall establish a process for the 
administration of the award program, including criteria for--
            ``(A) categories and sectors of businesses eligible for 
        recognition each year; and
            ``(B) objective measures to be used in selecting businesses 
        to receive the award.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The heading of such section is 
        amended by adding at the end the following: ``; VetStar Award 
        Program''.
            (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amended by striking the 
        item relating to section 532 and inserting the following new 
        item:

``532. Authority to advertise in national media; VetStar Award 
                            Program.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 38, 
        United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
        to establish a VetStar Award Program.''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 41

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 802

                          [Report No. 112-80]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 20, 2011

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed