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Subject | [NAME]. | Title | Introduced By | Summary | History | Status | Expectations
Labor | HR 4297 | Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 | Rep Virginia Foxx(R-NC) | Republican version of the WIA reauthorization. The bill consolidates 19 programs into 1 flexible Work Force Investment Fund. | Introduced 3/29/2012 | Voted out of committee on Education & Workforce.
Labor | HR 4227 | Workforce Investment Act of 2012 | Rep [NAME] (D-MA) | Democratic version of the WIA reauthorization. The bill aims to streamline and improve the workforce investment system, improve system accountability, and promote innovation and best practices within the workforce investment system. | Introduced 3/20/2012 | Referred to committee on Educationa & Workforce.
Education | HR 3989 | Student Access Act | Rep [NAME]) | One of the bills seen as an ESEA reauthorization. Repeals several provision in ESEA and allows states | Introduced 2/9/2012 | Voted out of committee on Education & Workforce.
Education | S …. | [NAME] | [NAME] (D-IA) | This is the Senate version of ESEA that passed out of committee. Help Committee Chairman [NAME] (D-IA) has refused to introduced the |  | Voted out of HELP committee
Education | HR 2226 | Adult Education and Economic Growth Act of 2011 | Rep Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) | The bill amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to include adult education in the state and local workforce investment systems. | Introduced 6/6/2011 | Offered as amendment to HR 4297, failed to pass
Veterans | HR 3860 | Help Veterans Return to Work Act | Rep [NAME] (D-CA) | Requires full reinstatement of all appropriate employment and reemployment rights of returning active duty veterans to small businesses. | Introduced 2/1/2012 | Subcommittee hearing held.
Veterans | HR 4115 | [NAME] and Afghanistan Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act or HIRE at HOME Act | Rep [NAME] (R-OH) | Requires states receiving funds for veteran’s assistance to consider veteran’s active duty training when granting equivalent certifications and licenses. | Introduced 2/29/2012 | Voted out of  subcommittee to full committee (Veterans Affairs).
Veterans | S 3235 | [NAME] and Afghanistan Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act or HIRE at HOME Act | [NAME] (D-AR) | Senate Comapnion bill to HR 4115 | Intoduced 3/27/2012 | Committee on Veterans Affairs held hearing.
Veterans | HR 4072 | Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 | Rep [NAME] (R-FL) | The bill will move veterans’ reintegration programs from Department of Labor (DOL) to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA). Programs to be moved deal with: job counseling, training, employment, and placement services | Introduced 2/17/2012 | Voted out of committee on Veterans Affairs.
Veterans | HR 4155 | Veterans Skills to Jobs Act | Rep Jeff Dunham (R-CA) | The bill allows a veteran applying for a federal license or certification to satisfy license and certification requirements with equivalent training received during military service. | Introduced 6/27/2012 | Became public law on July 23, 2012
Veterans | S 2239 | [NAME] to Jobs Act | [NAME] (D-FL) | The Senate companion bill to H.R. 4155 | Introduced 3/27/2012 | Became public law on July 23, 2012
Veterans | S 2179 | Military and Veterans Education Reform Act of 2012 | [NAME] (D-VA) | The bill provides several reforms to Veterans education benefits. Two reforms that are of particular interest include a requirement for educational institutions with 20 or more VA program participants enrolled to provide adequate academic and student support services, including remediation, tutoring, and job placement counseling. In addition, the VA Secretary is directed to provide individualized, one-on-one counseling to veterans and members of the Armed Forces who are considering a program of education with assistance through the VA or DOD. | Introduced 3/8/2012 | Hearing held by Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Veterans | S 2206 | GI Educational Freedom Act of 2012 | [NAME] (D-NJ) | The bill requires any individual eligible for veterans' educational assistance through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be provided educational and vocational counseling services before the receipt of such educational assistance, unless the individual specifically declines such counseling. | Introduced 6/6/2012 | Hearing held by Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Veterans | HR 4051 | TAP Modernization Act of 2012 | Rep [NAME] (R-IN) | The bill creates a pilot program for 3 years in 5 select states with high veterans’ unemployment in which veterans and their spouses can retake the TAP program. | Introduced 2/16/2012 | Voted out of Subcommittee, forwarded to committee on Veterans' Affiars
Veterans | S 2246 | TAP Modernization Act of 2012 | [NAME] (R-AR) | The Senate companion bill to H.R. 4051.