H.R. 3340: HIRE Veterans Act of 2011
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H.R. 3340: HIRE Veterans Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
HIRE Veterans Act of 2011
Plain summary
Help Inspire and Retrain our Exceptional Veterans Act of 2011 or HIRE Veterans Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program to award grants to local chambers of commerce to provide veterans with apprenticeships and career advice. Prohibits more than one grant from being awarded to a local chamber during each five-year period. Provides individual grant amounts of at least $10,000 and not more than $20,000. Terminates the grant program at the end of FY2022. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress after each year of the grant program.
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Official text
HIRE Veterans Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] · 4 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3340.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3340 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112