Bill Sponsor
House Bill 846
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 29, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jan 29, 2019
Latest Action
Feb 22, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
846
Congress
116
Policy Area
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed Forces and National Security
Primary focus of measure is military operations and spending, facilities, procurement and weapons, personnel, intelligence; strategic materials; war and emergency powers; veterans’ issues. Measures concerning alliances and collective security, arms sales and military assistance, or arms control may fall under International Affairs policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
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California
Republican
Colorado
Republican
Florida
Republican
Illinois
Republican
Louisiana
Republican
Missouri
Democrat
New Hampshire
Democrat
New Jersey
Republican
North Carolina
Democrat
South Carolina
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2019

This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current recruiting database by requiring the VA to maintain a single searchable database to be known as the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database.

With respect to vacant positions for critical jobs or mental health professionals, the database must list (1) the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, and (2) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member has been discharged and released from active duty. Qualified members of the Armed Forces are those service members who (1) are being separated or recently separated from active duty, (2) elect to be listed in the database, and (3) have been determined by the VA to have a military occupational specialty.

The database must list the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty.

The VA must implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses.

The bill also requires the VA to train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.

Text (1)
January 29, 2019
Actions (3)
02/22/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
01/29/2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
01/29/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 3:02:55 PM