Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary passed house without amendment (Jul 24, 2018)
(Sec. 1) This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.
What just happenedJul 25, 2018
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Who’s behind it
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 H7133-7134)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7133-7134)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5538.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7133-7134)
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-870.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-870.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
(Sec. 1) This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.
This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.