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Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 12, 2011
Latest Action
October 25, 2011
Primary Sponsor
Jeff FortenberryRepublican(NE)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
61pct
13d open
vs 6,662 other HR bills in the 112th — cohort avg 39d
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2012 · first_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
H.R. 2433; Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011 (WORK Act)--To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 2443; Tax Credit to Hire Veterans Act of 2011--Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through 2014 an increase in theamount of depreciable business assets that an eligible small business can expense (i.e., deduct in the same taxable year) if such business employs certain unemployed veterans. Defines eligible small business to mean a business entity whose gross receipts in the preceding taxable year did not exceed $5 million or that did not employ more than 500 full time employees SUPPORT H.R. 2826; Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011--To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from employer social security taxes with respect to service members and veterans, and to provide a business credit for the retention of such individuals for at least 1 year SUPPORT H.R. 2875; Wounded Veteran Job Security Act--To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3167; Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Act of 2011 (VET Act of 2011)--To direct the VA Secretary to establish a program under which certain veterans entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary can use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3340; Help Inspire and Retrain our Exceptional Veterans Act of 2011 (HIRE Veterans Act of 2011) --To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to provide veterans with apprenticeships and career advice SUPPORT H.R. 3473; Mobilizing Opportunities for Veterans Employment Act of 2011--Requires recipients of federal assistance for federal-aid highway projects and capital public transportation projects to give preference to the hiring of veterans with the requisite skills and abilities to perform construction work on such projects. Exempts from these requirements federal-aid highway projects on Indian reservation roads in which preference in the hiring of Indians living on or near a reservation on such projects is authorized SUPPORT H.R. 3610; Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011--To consolidate and streamline redundant and ineffective Federal workforce development programs to increase accountability, reduce administrative bureaucracies, and put Americans back to work SUPPORT H.R. 3860; Help Veterans Return to Work Act--Requires full reinstatement of all appropriate employment and reemployment rights of an individual called away from employment with a small business employer due to active-duty service who subsequently returns, unless the employer can show that such employment or reemployment would impose an undue hardship on the employer SUPPORT H.R. 4115; Helping Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act--Directs the VA Secretary, as a condition of a grant or contract to a state for certain veterans employment and training programs, to require the state to demonstrate the consideration of any military training received by a veteran when approving or denying a commercial drivers license or a certification to be a nursing assistant or certified nursing assistant, a registered nurse, or an emergency medical technician SUPPORT H.R. 3670, S. 1990; To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act--Amends the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act when carrying out certain personnel decisions with respect to the employment of air transportation passenger and property screeners SUPPORT H.R. 4155, S. 2239; Veterans Skills to Jobs Act--To direct the head of each Federal department and agency to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses SUPPORT H.R. 1941, S. 951; Hiring Heroes Act of 2011--To improve the provisions of federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes SUPPORTS. 1060; Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011--To improve education, employment, independent living services, and health care for veterans, to improve assistance for homeless veterans, and to improve the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 2084; A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish accelerated licensing procedures to assist veterans to acquire commercial drivers licenses, and for other purposes.--Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish accelerated licensing procedures to assist Armed Forces veterans to acquire commercial drivers licenses. Requires such procedures to apply to any veteran attempting to acquire a commercial drivers license who, during military service, obtained driving experience that makes the use of accelerated licensing procedures appropriate SUPPORT
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Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
2012 · first_quarter · Small Business
Issues generally relating to small and medium-sized businesses, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, security and access to credit (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 3167 - the Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition (VET) Act of 2011 (all provisions). H.R. 3606 - Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (all provisions).
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2012 · first_quarter · Veterans
H.R. 3167 - the Veternas Entrepreneurial Transition (VET) Act of 2011; issues generally related to veteran-owned businesses and pro-veteran employee efforts
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2011 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Public Law 112-56--VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011--Directs VA to retrain certain classes of veterans, improve the Transition Assistance Program, improve the transition of veterans into civilian life, and improve the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act Public Law 112-73--Civilian Service Recognition Act of 2011--Authorizes the head of an executive agency to: (1) pay the expenses for the presentation of a U.S. flag for an agency employee who died of injuries incurred in connection with his or her employment, (2) furnish a flag for a deceased employee upon the request of the employee's next of kin or other individual as determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and (3) disclose information necessary to show that a deceased individual was an employee of the agency to the extent that such information is not classified and does not endanger national security. Public Law 112-74--Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012--Provides appropriations for Department of Labor programs including for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training for fiscal year 2012 H.R. 2433--Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011 (VOW Act)--To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans, and for other purposes. H.R. 2443--Tax Credit to Hire Veterans Act of 2011--Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through 2014 an increase in the amount of depreciable business assets that an eligible small business can expense (i.e., deduct in the same taxable year) if such business employs certain unemployed veterans. Defines eligible small business to mean a business entity whose gross receipts in the preceding taxable year did not exceed $5 million or that did not employ more than 500 full time employees. H.R. 2826--Combat Veterans Back to Work Act of 2011--Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow nongovernmental employers an exemption from, or reduction in, employment taxes for the period beginning after the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2012, for wages paid to a qualified individual; and (2) allow an employer a business tax credit for each such worker retained by such employer who has been employed for not less than 52 consecutive weeks at a specified wage level. H.R. 2875--Wounded Veteran Job Security Act--To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position of employment for the purpose of obtaining medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses, and for other purposes. H.R. 3167-- Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Act of 2011 (VET Act of 2011)--To direct VA to establish a program under which certain veterans entitled to educational assistance under the laws administered by VA can use such entitlement to start or purchase a qualifying business enterprise, and for other purposes H.R. 3340--Help Inspire and Retrain our Exceptional Veterans Act of 2011 (HIRE Veterans Act of 2011--To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to provide veterans with apprenticeships and career advice H.R. 3473--Mobilizing Opportunities for Veterans Employment Act of 2011--To provide employment opportunities for veterans in transportation construction projects H.R. 3610--Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act of 2011--To consolidate and streamline redundant and ineffective Federal workforce development programs to increase accountability, reduce administrative bureaucracies, and put Americans back to work. H.R. 865; S. 146--Veteran Employment Transition (VET) Act of 2011--Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of qualified veteran for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to mean recently discharged veterans and any veteran receiving specified benefits H.R. 1657; S. 1184-- --To amend title 38, U.S.C., to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. H.R. 1941; S. 951--Hiring Heroes Act of 2011--To improve the provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. H.R. 3670; S. 1990--A bill to require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act S. 1060--Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011--To improve education, employment, independent living services, and health care for veterans, to improve assistance for homeless veterans, and to improve the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Client expense: $8,800 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Selective Service System, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
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| Joseph Crowley | Democratic | NY |
| Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Republican | PA |
| Patrick Meehan | Republican | PA |
| Robert J. Dold | Republican | IL |
| Robert T. Schilling | Republican | IL |
| Tim Griffin | Republican | AR |
| Todd Russell Platts | Republican | PA |