118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 1182 — Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2023

“To amend the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a vacancy and recruitment database to facilitate the recruitment of certain members of the Armed Forces to satisfy the occupational needs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish and implement a training and certification program for intermediate care technicians in that Department, and for other purposes.”

Armed forces and national security

Introduced Feb 24, 2023

Last action Jun 21, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

Step 1

Introduced

Feb 24, 2023

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Referred

Jun 19, 2023

Veterans' Affairs

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Committee

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House floor

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Senate

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 se...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in House

Timeline · 4 actions

Jun 21, 2023

Subcommittee Hearings Held

Jun 19, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Feb 24, 2023

Introduced in House

Feb 24, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.