Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act
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Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act or the LEGION Act (Sec. 3) This bill expands eligibility for membership in The American Legion to include veterans and servicemembers who served any time after December 7, 1941, including those currently serving. Presently, only veterans and servicemembers who served during periods of war specified by Congress are eligible to join The American Legion. (Sec. 4) The bill also prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin for the purposes of holding a staff position at The American Legion.
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2019 · third_quarter · Veterans
S.504, Let Everyone Get Involved in Opportunities for National Service Act (LEGION Act), To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize The American Legion to determine the requirements for membership in The American Legion, and for other purposes. S.Res.263, A resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of The American Legion, Honoring the 100th anniversary of The American Legion. S.1790, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. H.R.2796, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 4,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes. H.R.3504, Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019, An Act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for improvements to the specially adapted housing program and educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2019, To amend the Small Business Act to codify the Boots to Business Program, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, National Guard and Reserve Entrepreneurship Support Act, To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and for other purposes. H.R. 1615, Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act or the VA-SBA Act, To transfer the responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 561, Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2017, To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes. H.R. 716, Homeless Veterans Legal Services Act, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into partnerships with public and private entities to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness. H.R. 1615, Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act or the VA-SBA Act, To transfer the responsibility of verifying small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans to the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. H.R. 2227, Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to authorize spouses of servicemembers who incur a catastrophic injury or illness or die while in military service to terminate leases of premises and motor vehicles, and for other purposes. H.R. 2924, Housing for Women Veterans Act, To amend title 38, United States Code, to reauthorize the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Grant Program, and for other purposes. H.R. 2934, GI Bill Access to Career Credentials Act, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of educational assistance under chapter 33 of that title to pay for preparatory courses for professional licenses and certifications, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act, To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants to entities that provide legal services for homeless veterans and veterans at risk for homelessness. Draft Legislation, To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to collect overpayments of specially adapted housing assistance. Draft Legislation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require proprietary for-profit educational institutions to comply with Federal revenue limits to participate in educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Draft Legislation, Student Veteran Empowerment Act, To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize State approving agencies to carry out outreach activities. Draft Legislation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the time period under which an election must be made for entitlement to educational assistance under the All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans Affairs. Draft Legislation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the monthly housing stipend under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program for individuals who pursue programs of education solely through distance learning on more than a half-time basis. Draft Legislation, Forever GI Bill Class Evaluation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a requirement relating to the timing of the payment of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation,To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that certain educational institutions have letters of credit as a condition of approval for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that educational institutions abide by Principles of Excellence as a condition of approval for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Draft Legislation, VA Economic Hardship Report Act, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the link between certain economic factors and veteran suicides.
Became Public Law No: 116-35.
Became Public Law No: 116-35.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7220-7221)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7220-7221)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 504.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7220-7222)
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Mr. Correa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3326-3327)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S3326-3327)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3326-3327)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3326-3327)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
| February 14, 2019 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
| Republican |
| CO |
| Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | MI |
| Gary C. Peters | Democratic | MI |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | NV |
| James E. Risch | Republican | ID |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| Jerry Moran | Republican | KS |
| Joe Manchin, III | Independent | WV |
| John Barrasso | Republican | WY |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| John Hoeven | Republican | ND |
| John Thune | Republican | SD |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican | ND |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | Democratic | NH |
| Martha McSally | Republican | AZ |
| Mike Braun | Republican | IN |
| Mike Crapo | Republican | ID |
| Patrick J. Toomey | Republican | PA |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Rob Portman | Republican | OH |
| Robert Menendez | Democratic | NJ |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |
| Todd Young | Republican | IN |