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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes was a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2011-02-11 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 112 United States Congress by Walter William (wally) Herger in relation with: American Samoa, Appropriations, Congressional oversight, Disability and paralysis, Employee hiring, Employment and training programs, Employment taxes, Government lending and loan guarantees, Government studies and investigations, Government trust funds, Guam, Health care costs and insurance, Income tax credits, Income tax exclusion, Licensing and registrations, Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care, Military personnel and dependents, Northern Mariana Islands, Public contracts and procurement, Puerto Rico, Social security and elderly assistance, Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations, Tax administration and collection, taxpayers, Tax-exempt organizations, Taxation, Transportation costs, U.S. territories and protectorates, Unemployment, User charges and fees, Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation, Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs, Veterans' medical care, Veterans' pensions and compensation, Virgin Islands, Vocational education.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes became law (1) in the United States on 2011-11-21. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)
Sponsor
Walter William (wally) Herger, Republican, Representative from California, district 2
The proposal had the following cosponsors:
Sandra (sandy) Adams, Republican, Representative, from Florida
W. Todd Akin, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 2
Rodney Alexander, Republican, Representative, from Louisiana, district 5
Jason Altmire, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 4
Justin Amash, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 3
Steve Austria, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 7
Michele Bachmann, Representative, from Minnesota, district 6
Spencer T. Bachus, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 6
Tammy Baldwin, Senator, from Wisconsin, district 2
Lou Barletta, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 11
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Republican, Representative, from Maryland, district 6
Charles Foster Bass, Republican, Representative, from New Hampshire
Dan Benishek, Representative, from Michigan, district 1
Steve Israel, Representative, from New York, district 2
Suzanne Bonamici, Representative, from Oregon, district 1
Jesse Jackson, Representative, from Illinois, district 2
Brian P. Bilbray, Republican, Representative, from California, district 50
Gus Bilirakis, Representative, from Florida, district 9
Rob Bishop, Representative, from Utah, district 1
Sanford Dixon Bishop, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 2
Timothy Bishop, Representative, from New York, district 1
Diane Black, Representative, from Tennessee, district 6
Marsha Blackburn, Representative, from Tennessee, district 7
Earl Blumenauer, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 3
Jo Bonner, Representative, from Alabama, district 1
Leonard L. Boswell, Democrat, Representative, from Iowa, district 3
Charles Boustany, Representative, from Louisiana, district 7
Kevin Patrick Brady, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 8
Bruce Braley, Representative, from Iowa, district 1
Paul Broun, Representative, from Georgia, district 10
Corrine Brown, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 3
Vern Buchanan, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Larry Bucshon, Representative, from Indiana, district 8
Eddie Johnson, Representative, from Texas, district 30
Michael Burgess, Representative, from Texas, district 26
Wm Clay, Representative, from Missouri, district 1
Ken Calvert, Republican, Representative, from California, district 44
John (of California) Campbell, Republican, Representative, from California, district 48
Francisco (quico) Canseco, Republican, Representative, from Texas
Shelley Moore Capito, Republican, Representative, from West Virginia, district 2
Lois Capps, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 23
Dennis A. Cardoza, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 18
John R. Carter, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 31
Bill Cassidy, Republican, Representative, from Louisiana, district 6
Kathy Castor, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 11
Steve Chabot, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 1
Jason Chaffetz, Republican, Representative, from Utah, district 3
A. B. (ben) Chandler, Democrat, Representative, from Kentucky, district 6
Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat, Representative, from Missouri, district 5
Mike Coffman, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 6
Tom Cole, Republican, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 4
K. Michael Conaway, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 11
Gerald E. (gerry) Connolly, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 11
Jim Costa, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 20
Joe Courtney, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 2
Chip Cravaack, Republican, Representative, from Minnesota
Eric Crawford, Representative, from Arkansas, district 1
Ander Crenshaw, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 4
Henry Cuellar, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 28
Elijah Eugene Cummings, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 7
Geoffrey C. (geoff) Davis, Republican, Representative, from Kentucky, district 4
Rosa L. Delauro, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 3
Charles W. Dent, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 15
Scott Desjarlais, Republican, Representative, from Tennessee, district 4
Mario Diaz-balart, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 25
Robert Dold, Republican, Representative, from Illinois
Joe Donnelly, Democrat, Senator, from Indiana, district 2
Sean Duffy, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 7
Jeff Duncan, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 3
John J. Duncan, Republican, Representative, from Tennessee, district 2
Renee Ellmers, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina, district 2
Jo Ann Emerson, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 8
Anna Georges Eshoo, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 14
Blake Farenthold, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 27
Bob Filner, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 51
Michael G. Fitzpatrick, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 8
Jeff Flake, Republican, Senator, from Arizona, district 6
John Fleming, Republican, Representative, from Louisiana, district 4
Bill Flores, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 17
J. Randy Forbes, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 4
Jeff Fortenberry, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 1
Virginia Ann Foxx, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina, district 5
Trent Franks, Republican, Representative, from Arizona, district 2
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 11
Elton W. Gallegly, Republican, Representative, from California, district 24
Cory Gardner, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 4
Scott Garrett, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 5
Jim Gerlach, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6
Bob Gibbs, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 7
Christopher Gibson, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 19
Phil Gingrey, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 11
Louie Gohmert, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 1
Paul Gosar, Republican, Representative, from Arizona, district 4
Trey Gowdy, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 4
Kay Granger, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 12
Samuel Graves, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 6
Tom Graves, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 14
Raymond Eugene (gene) Green, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 29
Tim Griffin, Republican, Representative, from Arkansas, district 2
Michael G. Grimm, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 11
Frank Guinta, Republican, Representative, from New Hampshire
Brett Guthrie, Republican, Representative, from Kentucky, district 2
Ralph Moody Hall, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 4
Richard Hanna, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 22
Gregg Harper, Republican, Representative, from Mississippi, district 3
Andy Harris, Republican, Representative, from Maryland, district 1
Vicky Hartzler, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 4
Doc Hastings, Republican, Representative, from Washington, district 4
Nan Hayworth, Republican, Representative, from New York
Joseph Heck, Representative, from Nevada, district 3
Martin Heinrich, Democrat, Senator, from New Mexico, district 1
Dean Heller, Republican, Senator, from Nevada, district 2
Beutler Herrera, Representative, from Washington, district 3
Brian Higgins, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 27
James A. Himes, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 4
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 22
Mazie Hirono, Democrat, Senator, from Hawaii, district 2
Thomas Timothy (tim) Holden, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 17
Tim Huelskamp, Republican, Representative, from Kansas, district 1
Bill Huizenga, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 2
Randy Hultgren, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 14
Duncan Lee Hunter, Republican, Representative, from California, district 52
Robert Hurt, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 5
Steve Israel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 2
Darrell Issa, Republican, Representative, from California, district 49
Jesse L. Jackson, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois
Lynn Jenkins, Republican, Representative, from Kansas, district 2
Bill Johnson, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 6
Henry Johnson, Representative, from Georgia, district 4
Sam Johnson, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 3
Timothy V. Johnson, Republican, Representative, from Illinois
Walter Beaman Jones, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 3
Jim Jordan, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 4
Mike Kelly, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 3
Dale Edward Kildee, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan
Ron Kind, Democrat, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 3
Steve King, Republican, Representative, from Iowa, district 5
Jack Kingston, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 1
Adam Kinzinger, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 16
John Kline, Republican, Representative, from Minnesota, district 2
Raul Labrador, Representative, from Idaho, district 1
Doug Lamborn, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 5
Leonard Lance, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 7
James Lankford, Republican, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 5
Richard Ray (rick) Larsen, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 2
John B. Larson, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 1
Tom Latham, Representative, from Iowa, district 4
Steven C. Latourette, Republican, Representative, from Ohio
Robert E. Latta, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 5
John R. Lewis, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 5
Daniel Lipinski, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 3
Frank A. Lobiondo, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 2
David Loebsack, Representative, from Iowa, district 2
Billy Long, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 7
Blaine Luetkemeyer, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 9
Ben Lujan, Representative, from New Mexico, district 3
Cynthia M. Lummis, Republican, Representative
Connie Mack, Republican, Representative, from Florida
Carolyn Bosher Maloney, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 14
Donald A. Manzullo, Republican, Representative, from Illinois
Kenny Marchant, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 24
James David (jim) Matheson, Democrat, Representative, from Utah, district 2
Michael T. Mccaul, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 10
Tom Mcclintock, Republican, Representative, from California, district 4
Thaddeus George Mccotter, Republican, Representative, from Michigan
Howard P. (buck) Mckeon, Republican, Representative, from California, district 25
David Mckinley, Republican, Representative, from West Virginia, district 1
Rodgers McMorris, Representative, from Washington, district 5
Jerry Mcnerney, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 11
John L. Mica, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 7
Michael H. Michaud, Democrat, Representative, from Maine, district 2
Candice S. Miller, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 10
Gary G. Miller, Republican, Representative, from California, district 42
Jefferson B. (jeff) Miller, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 1
James P. Moran, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 8
Mick Mulvaney, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 5
Christopher Murphy, Democrat, Senator, from Connecticut, district 5
Timothy Murphy, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 18
Sue Myrick, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina
Randy Neugebauer, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 19
Kristi Noem, Republican, Representative, from South Dakota
Devin Nunes, Republican, Representative, from California, district 21
Alan Nunnelee, Republican, Representative, from Mississippi, district 1
Pete Olson, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 22
William Owens, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 23
Steven Palazzo, Republican, Representative, from Mississippi, district 4
Bill Pascrell, Representative, from New Jersey, district 8
Ronald Ernest Paul, Republican, Representative, from Texas
Erik Paulsen, Republican, Representative, from Minnesota, district 3
Stevan Pearce, Republican, Representative, from New Mexico, district 2
Mike Pence, Republican, Representative, from Indiana
Gary C. Peters, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 9
Thomas Evert Petri, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 6
Joseph R. Pitts, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 16
Todd Platts, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania
Mike Pompeo, Republican, Representative, from Kansas, district 4
Bill Posey, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 15
Tom Price, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 6
Dale Kildee, Representative, from Michigan, district 5
Nick Joe Rahall, Democrat, Representative, from West Virginia, district 3
Charles B. Rangel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 15
Tom Reed, Representative, from New York, district 23
Denny Rehberg, Republican, Representative, from Montana
David G. Reichert, Republican, Representative, from Washington, district 8
James Renacci, Representative, from Ohio, district 16
Reid Ribble, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 8
E. Scott Rigell, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 2
David Rivera, Republican, Representative, from Florida
Martha Roby, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 2
David P. (phil) Roe, Republican, Representative, from Tennessee, district 1
Harold Dallas (hal) Rogers, Republican, Representative, from Kentucky, district 5
Mike Dennis Rogers, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 3
Mike Rogers, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 8
Todd Rokita, Republican, Representative, from Indiana, district 4
Thomas J. Rooney, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 16
Ileana Ros-lehtinen, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 18
Peter Roskam, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 6
Dennis Ross, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 15
Rick Larsen, Representative, from Washington, district 2
Edward Randall Royce, Republican, Representative, from California, district 40
Jon Runyan, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 3
C. A. (dutch) Ruppersberger, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 2
Paul Ryan, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 1
John Sarbanes, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 3
Steve Scalise, Republican, Representative, from Louisiana, district 1
James Langevin, Representative, from Rhode Island, district 2
Jean Schmidt, Republican, Representative, from Ohio
Aaron Schock, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 18
Kurt Schrader, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 5
David Schweikert, Republican, Representative, from Arizona, district 6
Austin Scott, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 8
Tim Scott, Republican, Senator, from South Carolina
Frank James Sensenbrenner, Republican, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 5
Pete Sessions, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 32
William (bill) Shuster, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 9
Michael K. Simpson, Republican, Representative, from Idaho, district 2
Adam Smith, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 9
Adrian Smith, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 3
Lamar Seeligson Smith, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 21
Clifford Bundy Stearns, Republican, Representative, from Florida
Steve Stivers, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 15
Marlin Stutzman, Republican, Representative, from Indiana, district 3
Lee Raymond Terry, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 2
Glenn Thompson, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 5
William Mcclellan (mac) Thornberry, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 13
Patrick (pat) Tiberi, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 12
Scott Tipton, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 3
Edolphus Towns, Democrat, Representative, from New York
Michael R. Turner, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 3
Fred Upton, Representative, from Michigan, district 6
Hollen Van, Representative, from Maryland, district 8
Tim Walberg, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 7
Greg Walden, Republican, Representative, from Oregon, district 2
Joe Walsh, Republican, Representative, from Illinois
Timothy Walz, Representative, from Minnesota, district 1
Daniel A. Webster, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 10
Steve Cohen, Representative, from Tennessee, district 9
Lynn A. Westmoreland, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 3
Addison Graves (joe) Wilson, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 2
Robert J. Wittman, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 1
Frank Rudolph Wolf, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 10
Steve Womack, Republican, Representative, from Arkansas, district 3
Rob Woodall, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 7
David Wu, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon
John Yarmuth, Representative, from Kentucky, district 3
Kevin Yoder, Representative, from Kansas, district 3
Don Young, Representative, from Alaska
Todd Young, Representative, from Indiana, district 9
Act Overview
- Number: 674 (3)
- Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes (4)
- Date First Introduced: 2011-02-11
- Sponsor Name: Todd Young
- Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
- Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
- Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2011-11-21
- Type: hr (7)
- Main Topic: Taxation
- Related Bills: (8)
hres448-112, Reason: rule, Type: bill
s89-112, Reason: related, Type: bill
s164-112, Reason: related, Type: bill
s1720-112, Reason: related, Type: bill
s1762-112, Reason: related, Type: bill - Summary of To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
- Primary Source: Congress Website
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 10 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Title I: Three Percent Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act – 3% Withholding Repeal and Job Creation Act – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 3% withholding requirement on payments due to vendors providing goods and services to federal state and local governmental entities.
Title II: VOW to Hire Heroes – VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 – Subtitle A: Retraining Veterans – (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) by July 1 2012 to establish and commence a program of retraining assistance for veterans who: (1) are at least 35 but not more than 60 years of age (2) were last discharged from active-duty service under conditions other than dishonorable (3) are unemployed (4) are not eligible for educational assistance under other VA programs (5) are not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated total due to unemployability (6) were not enrolled in any federal or state job training program at any time during the 180-day period ending on the date of application for assistance and (7) applies for such assistance by October 1 2013. Entitles each eligible veteran to up to 12 months of job training assistance toward a high-demand occupation. Requires the Secretary of Labor to contact each such veteran within 30 days after completion or termination of such training or assistance in order to facilitate employment. Requires: (1) such Secretaries to enter into a joint agreement to carry out such assistance and (2) the VA Secretary to report to Congress on assistance provided. Provides funding. Terminates assistance authority on March 31 2014.
Subtitle B: Improving the Transition Assistance Program – (Sec. 221) Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the participation of members of the Armed Forces (members) being separated from active duty and their spouses in DOD's transition assistance program (TAP). Allows such Secretaries to waive the participation requirement with respect to: (1) such groups or classifications of members for whom participation is not and would not be of assistance since such members are unlikely to face major readjustment health care employment or other challenges associated with transition to civilian life; and (2) individual members possessing specialized skills who are needed to support a unit's imminent deployment.
(Sec. 222) Requires the Secretary of Labor to contract with a qualified organization to conduct a study to identify any equivalences between the skills developed by members through various military occupational specialties and the qualifications required for various positions of civilian employment. Requires a report on study results from the contractor to such Secretary which shall be transmitted to Congress. Requires the skills equivalencies to be published on the Internet and regularly updated. Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that each member participating in TAP receive an individualized equivalencies assessment and to make each assessment available to the Secretaries of VA and Labor.
(Sec. 223) Requires: (1) the VA Secretary to contract with appropriate contractors to provide TAP functions at all locations where TAP is being carried out and (2) such contractors to provide members being separated from active duty and their spouses with appropriate TAP services. Requires such contracts to be entered into within two years after the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 224) Authorizes the Secretaries of Labor VA DHS and DOD in carrying out TAP to contract with private entities that have experience with instructing members on relevant topics on job training and job searching including academic readiness and educational opportunities.
(Sec. 225) Authorizes the Secretaries of DOD and DHS as part of TAP to permit an eligible member to participate in an apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship program that provides them with the education training and services necessary to transition to meaningful employment.
(Sec. 226) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to conduct a review of TAP and to submit review results and recommendations to Congress.
Subtitle C: Improving the Transition of Veterans to Civilian Employment – (Sec. 231) Amends the Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2014 the authority of the VA Secretary to provide the same rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members with severe injuries or illnesses as are provided to veterans.
(Sec. 232) Expands the authority of the VA Secretary to make payments to employers to provide on-job training to veterans to include veterans who have not been rehabilitated to the point of employability.
(Sec. 233) Entitles certain veterans with service-connected disabilities who have exhausted their rights to unemployment benefits to participation in an additional VA rehabilitation program. Limits the duration of such a program to 12 months. Makes the 12-year period of eligibility for a VA rehabilitation program inapplicable under such additional program. Directs the CG to review the VA training and rehabilitation program and report review results to Congress.
(Sec. 234) Directs the VA Secretary to award grants to up to three nonprofit organizations under a two-year collaborative veterans' training mentoring and placement program for eligible veterans seeking employment. Requires such Secretary to: (1) report to Congress on the process for awarding such grants (2) assess the performance of grant recipients and (3) report assessment results to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 235) Treats an individual as a veteran a disabled veteran or a preference eligible for purposes of appointments to federal competitive service positions if the individual meets all other qualifications except for the requirement of discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions as long as such individual submits to the federal officer making the appointment a certification that he or she is expected to be discharged or released under honorable conditions within 120 days after submission of the certification. Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to: (1) designate agencies to establish a program to provide employment assistance to members being separated from active duty and (2) ensure that such programs are coordinated with TAP.
(Sec. 236) Authorizes the DOD Secretary to establish a two-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing to members on terminal leave work experience with civilian employees and contractors of DOD to facilitate the transition of such members from military service to employment in the civilian labor market. Requires a pilot program report from such Secretary to Congress.
(Sec. 237) Requires (under current law authorizes) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training to carry out a two-year demonstration project on the credentialing and licensing of veterans. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Labor of Veterans' Employment and Training to: (1) conduct a study comparing the costs incurred by DOD in training members for military occupational specialties selected for the demonstration project with costs incurred by the VA and Department of Labor in providing employment-related assistance to veterans who previously held such military occupational specialties and (2) report study results to Congress.
(Sec. 238) Requires the inclusion of TAP performance measures in annual Department of Labor reports on veterans job counseling training and placement programs.
(Sec. 239) Directs the Secretary of Labor to include in such annual reports with respect to the 2003 program year and thereafter an evaluation of whether eligible veterans are receiving priority of service and are being fully served by qualified job training programs.
(Sec. 240) Directs the VA Secretary to require that each disabled veterans' outreach program specialist and local veterans' employment representative who receives training by the National Veterans' Employment and Training Services Institute is given a final training examination.
(Sec. 241) Requires each of the above specialists and representatives to perform only duties related to the employment training and placement needs of veterans and not other duties that detract from their ability to perform such duties. Directs the VA Secretary to conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with such requirement.
Subtitle D: Improvements to Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights – (Sec. 251) Includes the terms conditions or privileges of employment within the benefits and rights of employment for purposes of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
Subtitle E: Other Matters – (Sec. 261) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the amount of wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for veterans who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($14000 of first-year wages) or disabled veterans who are either hired within one year after discharge from active duty ($12000 of first-year wages) or who are hired after being unemployed for six months or more during the one-year period ending on the hiring date ($24000 of first-year wages) and (2) allow tax-exempt organizations to claim the lesser of the amount of the work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans or the amount of the payroll taxes paid by such organizations during the calendar year. Extends through 2012 such credit with respect to such veterans. Provides a credit against payroll taxes for qualified tax-exempt organizations employing such veterans.
(Sec. 262) Extends through FY2016 the current $90 limit on VA pension paid to veterans residing in nursing homes when their nursing costs are paid through title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act.
(Sec. 263) Limits VA payments for ambulance services to the lesser of the actual charges or the rates permitted under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.
(Sec. 264) Extends through FY2016 VA authority to obtain veterans' income verification information from the Commissioner of Social Security or the Secretary of the Treasury.
(Sec. 265) Extends through FY2016 VA authority to charge a loan fee for certain subsequent housing loans made to veterans.
Title III: Other Provisions Relating to Federal Vendors – (Sec. 301) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the 100% continuing levy for delinquent taxes to payments due to a vendor of property (currently goods or services) sold or leased to the federal government.
(Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and federal agency heads to conduct and report on a study on ways to reduce the amount of federal tax owed but not paid by persons submitting bids or proposals for the procurement of property or services by the federal government.
Title IV: Modification of Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Determining Certain Healthcare Program Eligibility – (Sec. 401) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include social security benefits that are excluded from gross income in the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for the tax credit for coverage under a qualified health plan.
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury annually to estimate the impact of the modification to adjusted gross income made by this title on the income and balances of the social security trust funds and not less frequently than quarterly to transfer from the general fund an amount sufficient to prevent any reduction in the income and balances of such trust funds.
Title V: Budgetary Effects – (Sec. 501) Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
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Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Military personnel and dependents
Northern Mariana Islands
Public contracts and procurement
Puerto Rico
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation
Transportation costs
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Virgin Islands
Vocational education
Further Reading
- “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
- “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
- “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.