Veterans Armed for Success Act

Bill: 116-hr-1599
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring

Employment and training programs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veterans Armed for Success Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants to organizations for the provision of transition assistance services, such as interview training, to members of the Armed Forces who are recently retired, separated, or discharged from the Armed Forces and the spouses of such members.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1599 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2019 Mr. Rutherford (for himself, Mr. Lawson of Florida , Mr. Peters , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Yoho , and Mr. Peterson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to eligible organizations for the provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces recently separated from active duty service and spouses of such members.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Armed for Success Act . 2. Grants for provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces recently separated from active duty service (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make grants to eligible organizations for the provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who are recently retired, separated, or discharged from the Armed Forces and spouses of such members. (b) Use of funds The recipient of a grant under this section shall use the grant to provide to members of the Armed Forces and spouses described in subsection (a) resume assistance, interview training, job recruitment training, and related services leading directly to successful transition, as determined by the Secretary. (c) Eligible organizations To be eligible for a grant under this section, an organization shall submit to the Secretary an application containing such information and assurances as the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, may require. (d) Priority for hubs of service In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to an organization that provides multiple forms of services described in subsection (b). (e) Amount of grant A grant under this section shall be in an amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the amount required by the organization to provide the services described in subsection (b). (f) Deadline for implementation The Secretary shall begin carrying out this section not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (g) Termination The authority to provide a grant under this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which the Secretary begins carrying out this section. (h) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.