Bill113th Congress

S. 140

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Government-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

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Introduced
Jan 24, 2013
Origin Chamber
Senate
Policy Area
Taxation
Latest Action
Jan 24, 2013

Sponsor

Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]

Democrat·MT
Bioguide ID: B000243
First Name: MAX
Middle Name: SIEBEN
Last Name: BAUCUS
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Committees
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Actions
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Amendments
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Related Bills
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Bill Details

Update Date
Mar 3, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Bill Type
S
Bill Number
140
Congress
113
Introduced Date
Jan 24, 2013
Policy Area
Taxation
Is Law
No
Jan 24, 2013IntroReferral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Source: Senate

Jan 24, 2013IntroReferral10000

Introduced in Senate

Source: Library of Congress

Introduced in Senate· Jan 24, 20130

Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise the definition of "qualified veteran" for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit to include recently discharged veterans.

Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard to inform military personnel who are discharged or released from active duty of the work opportunity tax credit and provide them with documentation relating to eligibility for and use of such credit.

Veterans Employment and Training Services Act of 2013 or the VETS Act - Requires the Secretaries of Labor, Veterans Affairs, and Defense to enter into an agreement to govern the coordination of veteran job training services. Requires the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs to prepare reports on the veteran job training programs of their respective departments.

Amends the DOD pilot program for assessing the feasibility and advisability of permitting enlisted personnel to obtain civilian credentialing or licensing for skills required for military occupational specialties to require the designation as military occupational specialties of the MOS 31B Military Police, MOS 15Q AC-Air Traffic Controller, and the MOS 12M Fire Protection, in addition to not fewer than three and not more than five additional military occupational specialties.

Honoring Promises to Service-Disabled Veterans Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the head of each executive department to submit an annual report to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) containing the percentage of the total value of all prime contracts awarded by the executive department during the preceding one-year period to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

Finance Committee

Senate· Standing
Congressional oversightDisability and paralysisEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archivesIncome tax creditsPerformance measurementPersonnel recordsPublic contracts and procurementSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationWages and earnings

Introduced in Senate

Jan 24, 2013

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity credit to… — Informed