Expressing support for the designation and goals of "Hire a Veteran Week" and encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those goals.
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vs 443 other HCONRES bills in the 110th — cohort avg 43d
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2007 · mid_year · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
HR 1632--Improving Veterans' Reemployment Act of 2007--Requires the Secretary of Labor to include, in a currently-required annual report to Congress concerning the enforcement of veterans' reemployment rights: (1) the number of cases reviewed by the Secretary of Defense under the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of the Department of Defense, and (2) the number of cases which are disability-related. Directs the Secretary to : (1) ensure that the information required to be submitted is categorized in a uniform way, and (2) also submit all reported information to the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General, and the Office of Special Counsel. HR 2259--To ensure that members of the National Guard and Reserves are able to fully participate in the benefits delivery at discharge program administered jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information and assistance on available benefits and other transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who a separating from the Armed Forces.--To ensure that members of the National Guard and Reserves are able to fully participate in the benefits delivery at discharge program administered jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information and assistance on available benefits and other transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces. HR 3043; S 1710--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008--FY 2007 funding for the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans Employment and Training (ASVET). S 1215--To amend title 38, USC, to extend and improve certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes--Sets $19 million as the maximum amount (currently a progressively increasing amount) per fiscal year for reimbursement to states and local agencies administering veterans' education benefits.; Extends through FY 2007 a pilot program of on-job-training for veterans' claims adjudicators.; Authorizes the VA Secretary to waive, for public interest purposes on a case-by-case basis, the residency requirement for a Director for Veterans' Employment and Training.; Includes veterans of the Global War on Terror within an ongoing veterans' unemployment study.; Amends the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004 to extend through 2009 an increase in benefits for veterans pursuing apprenticeships or on-job-training. DOL-VETS Appropriations--FY 2008 DOL-VETS Appropriations--The American Legion recommends $352,000,000 to DOL-VETS for FY 2008. H. CON. RES 5--Hire A Veteran Week (LETTER)--Recognize the importance of assisting in the transition process of the men and women who have served or who currently serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. HR 1750; HR 1824; HR 1598; HR 1315; HR 513; HR 2259; HR 1632; HR 112; HR2579--Credit, education and transition--Protective credit measures, accelerated education payments, transition assistance program, reemployment reports, stipends for education courses leading to doctoral degrees, and State Approving Agency funding.
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| Democratic |
| VI |
| Elijah E. Cummings | Democratic | MD |
| Henry Brown | Republican | SC |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| Joe Baca | Democratic | CA |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| Lynn C. Woolsey | Democratic | CA |
| Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Democratic | GU |
| Patrick Murphy | Democratic | PA |
| Phil Hare | Democratic | IL |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Democratic | VA |
| Solomon Ortiz | Democratic | TX |
| Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Democratic | SD |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
| Susan A. Davis | Democratic | CA |
| Tim Mahoney | Democratic | FL |
| Tim Murphy | Republican | PA |
| Timothy J. Walz | Democratic | MN |
| Victor Snyder | Democratic | AR |