HR 1412 · 113th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013
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EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 113-37.(2013-09-30)
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Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a public relations campaign, advertising in national media outlets, to promote VA on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs available to veterans as highly efficient and cost-effective ways of obtaining jobs. Directs the Secretary, for a certain three-year period, to require training establishments applying for state approval of on-the-job training programs to certify that the wages to be paid an eligible veteran or person upon entrance into training will be increased in regular periodic increments until, by the last full month of the training period, they will be at least 75% (currently 85%) of the wages paid for the job for which such eligible veteran or person is being trained. Requires the Secretary to enter into agreements with the heads of other federal departments and agencies to operate similar on-the-job training programs to train eligible veterans or persons to perform skills necessary for employment by the department or agency operating the program. Extends from November 30, 2016, through January 31, 2017, the requirement of a reduced pension ($90 per …
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1412, Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013
May 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 8, 2013
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1412, Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2013
Sep 18, 2013Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects for the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (BAG13370)
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office