Hearings

Economic Opportunity and Transition Legislation

June 13, 2012 10:00 AM Russell Senate Office Building SR-418

Agenda

Sub-Hearing
Economic Opportunity and Transition Legislation

June 13, 2012

S. 3236 (Pryor)                                    Servicemember Employment Protection Act of 2012. 

S. 3235 (Pryor)                                    Helping Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act.

S. 3233 (Casey)                                   Servicemembers Access to Justice Act of 2012. 

S. 3210 (Scott Brown)                        Veterans’ Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012.

S. 3179 (Reed)                                    Servicemember Housing Protection Act of 2012.

S. 3082 (Bennet)                                 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the National Veterans Support Network to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 2299 (Murray)                                 Servicemembers Rights Enforcement Improvement Act of 2012.

S. 2246 (Boozman)                             TAP Modernization Act of 2012.

S. 2241 (Murray)                                 GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012.

S. 2206 (Lautenberg)                          GI Educational Freedom Act of 2012.

S. 2179 (Webb)                                   Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012.

S. 2130 (Bill Nelson)                          Veterans Conservation Corps Authorization Act.

S. 1859 (Akaka)                                  A bill to provide that section 3330a, 3330b, and 3330c of title 5, United States Code, relating to administrative and judicial redress and remedies for preference eligibles, shall apply with respect to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration.

S. 1852 (Merkley)                               Spouses of Heroes Education Act.

S. 1798 (Tom Udall)                           Open Burn Pit Registry Act of 2011.

S. 1634 (Tester)                                   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the approval and disapproval of programs of education for purposes of educational benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

S. 1314 (Tester)                                   A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Labor to establish minimum funding levels for States for the support of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment.

S. 1184 (Cantwell)                              A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Member Statements

Testimony

  • Mr. Curtis L. Coy

    Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity, Veterans Benefits Administration,
    Department of Veterans Affairs
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  • Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.)

    Deputy Director, Government Relations
    Military Officers Association of America
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  • Tom Tarantino

    Deputy Policy Director
    Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
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  • Peter Meijer

    Member, Board of Directors
    Student Veterans of America
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