US Congress House Bill 5563 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on September 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) jointly establish a program to award nonmonetary Employment Salute Awards to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices; and (2) establish criteria, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Commerce, for determining award recipients. Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish different categories of employers eligible for the awards based on the number of employees they have, and (2) publicize the award recipients by listing them in a separate section of the Department of Labor's website. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to assess a reasonable application fee on employers seeking such an award. Establishes an Employment Salute Award Fund into which those fees are to be deposited for use in carrying out the award program.

Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act

Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2014-10-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2014-09-18	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2014-09-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5563/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5563/BILLS-113hr5563ih.pdf