US Congress House Bill 631

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April 25 2013 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) (employment and job training assistance and related services for members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty, and for their spouses) to require such Program to consist of at least five days of instruction as follows: (1) at least one day of service-specific pre-separation training; (2) up to one day each for instruction in preparation for employment, preparation for education or career or technical training, preparation for entrepreneurship, or other options determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned; (3) at least two days of in-depth instruction of the participant's choice in any of the subjects described under (2), above; and (4) up to one day in benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned. Requires the VA Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans committees the results of a study to determine the feasibility of providing veterans' benefits instruction at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided through a joint contract with the Secretary of Labor.

Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013

Rep Flores, Bill	Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.
Rep O'Rourke, Beto	Rep Ruiz, Raul	Rep Takano, Mark

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25	House	Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
2013-04-25	House	Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-04-10	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-02-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-02-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-02-13	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2013-02-13	House	Referred to House Armed Services
2013-02-13	House	Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.

SB889 (Related) 2013-06-12 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN00631:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr631ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr631ih.pdf