Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act - Directs the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs (VA) to: (1) jointly establish a program to award nonmonetary Employment Salute Awards to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices; and (2) establish criteria, in coordination with the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Commerce, for determining award recipients.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to: (1) establish different categories of employers eligible for the awards based on the number of employees they have, and (2) publicize the award recipients by listing them in a separate section of the Department of Labor's website.
Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to assess a reasonable application fee on employers seeking such an award. Establishes an Employment Salute Award Fund into which those fees are to be deposited for use in carrying out the award program.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5563 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5563
To authorize the Secretary of Labor to award special recognition to
employers for veteran-friendly employment practices.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Cardenas (for himself, Mr. Jolly, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr.
McGovern, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Jones,
and Mr. Butterfield) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 authorize the Secretary of Labor to award special recognition to
employers for veteran-friendly employment practices.
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 ``Honoring the Hiring of Heroes Act''.
SEC. 2. VETERAN-FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARDS.
(a) Authorization and Criteria for Award.--Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor (in
this Act referred as the Secretary) and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall jointly establish a program to award special recognition
to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices and, in
coordination with the Secretaries of Defense and Commerce, shall
establish criteria for determining recipients of such awards.
(b) Recognition.--An award of recognition granted under the program
established by the Secretary under this Act shall be known as an
Employment Salute Award.
(c) Eligibility.--
(1) Employer defined.--As used in this Act, the term
``employer'' means any person engaged in a business affecting
commerce who has employees, but does not include the United
States or any State or political subdivision of a State.
(2) Categories.--The Secretary shall establish different
categories of employers eligible for the awards based on the
size of the employers. Recognition shall be awarded separately
for employers having from 1 to 50 employees, from 51 to 500
employees, and more than 500 employees.
(d) Application.--An employer seeking an award of recognition under
this Act shall provide the Secretary with an application at such time
and containing such information as the Secretary shall require after
establishing the criteria described in subsection (a).
(e) Application Fee and Funding.--
(1) Fee authorized.--The Secretary may assess a reasonable
application fee on employers seeking such an award.
(2) Establishment of fund.--There is established in the
Treasury of the United States a separate account for the
deposit of fees collected under this subsection to be known as
the Employment Salute Award Fund.
(3) Deposit.--The Secretary shall deposit any fees
collected pursuant to paragraph (1) into the Fund established
by paragraph (2).
(4) Use.--Amounts in the Employment Salute Award Fund shall
be available to the Secretary, as provided in paragraph (5),
for making expenditures to carry out the program established
pursuant to subsection (a).
(5) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated from the Employment Salute Award Fund to the
Secretary for each fiscal year in which fees are collected
under this subsection an amount equal to the total amount
collected during the previous fiscal year from fees assessed
pursuant to this subsection. Such amounts are authorized to
remain available until expended.
(6) Crediting and availability of fees.--Fees authorized
under paragraph (1) shall be collected and available for
obligation only to the extent and in the amount provided in
advance in appropriations Acts.
(f) Publicization.--The Secretary shall publicize the recipients of
the award by listing such recipients in a separate section on the
Department of Labor's website and through such other methods as the
Secretary may determine.
(g) No Monetary Award.--An award granted under a program
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be for recognition only
and not be monetary in nature.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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