Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-444
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill extends eligibility for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs by eliminating the 12-year time limitation on participation. Under the bill, any veteran with qualifying employment handicaps or service-connected disabilities is eligible to participate.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 444 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 10, 2019 Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the period of eligibility for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2019 . 2. Elimination of period of eligibility (a) In general Section 3103 of title 38, United States Code, is repealed. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 31 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 3103.