US Congress House Bill 5045 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on November 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide child care assistance to an eligible veteran for any period that the veteran (1) receives VA training or vocational rehabilitation, and (2) is required to travel to and from a facility for the receipt of such training or rehabilitation. Child care assistance may only be provided once for a child and for a period shorter than six months, but the VA is authorized to waive such limitations. The term eligible veteran is defined as a veteran who is the primary caretaker of a child and (1) who is receiving VA training or vocational rehabilitation on a full-time basis, or needs and would receive such training or rehabilitation from the VA but for the lack of child care; and (2) whose family's adjusted gross income meets certain criteria. The bill provides for various types of child care assistance, as the VA considers appropriate.

Veteran Employment and Child Care Access Act of 2019

Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2019-11-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-11-12	House	Introduced in House

SB2825 (Same As) 2019-11-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5045/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr5045/BILLS-116hr5045ih.pdf