Help Hire our Heroes Act - Amends the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through September 30, 2014, the veterans retraining assistance program.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to transfer funds for such program from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4149 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4149
To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend the Veterans
Retraining Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2014
Ms. Brownley of California (for herself and Mr. Takano) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend the Veterans
Retraining Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Help Hire our Heroes Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 211 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-
56; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``March 31'' and
inserting ``September 30''; and
(2) in subsection (k), by striking ``March 31'' and
inserting ``September 30''.
SEC. 3. TRANSFER FROM LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND TO
VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Subsection (c) of section 9508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Transfer to department of veterans affairs.--Out of
amounts in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
there is hereby appropriated $270,000,000 to be transferred to
the `Veterans Benefits Administration--Readjustment Benefits'
account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans
Retraining Assistance Program under section 211 of the VOW to
Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56; 38 U.S.C. 4100
note), to remain available until expended.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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