Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
This bill amends the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to name the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recruiting database the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database and require that it includes for each vacant position:
The database shall include the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty.
The VA shall implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses.
The VA shall train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-871.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-871.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 674.
Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7142-7144)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5938.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7142-7143)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7142-7143)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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