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S. 2239: Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

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S. 2239: Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-03-27 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Held at the desk.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-03-27 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Held at the desk. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

Plain summary

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act - Directs the head of each federal licensing authority to consider, and authorizes such official to accept, any relevant training received by an individual while serving as a member of the Armed Forces for the purpose of satisfying the license requirements.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 17 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-s2239 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112