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US HR832
Veterans Employment and Training Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015


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Introduced
02/10/2015
In Committee
02/20/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2017

Introduced Session

114th Congress

Bill Summary

Veterans Employment and Training Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract with a non-governmental entity to conduct a longitudinal study of a statistically valid sample of each of the following groups of individuals over a period of at least five years: (1) veterans who have received intensive job counseling, training, and placement services; (2) veterans who did not receive intensive services but who otherwise received services; and (3) veterans who did not seek or receive services. Requires the study to include the collection of specified information for each individual who participates in the study, including: the average number of months served on active duty, the distribution of disability ratings, unemployment benefits received, the average number of months employed and average individual and household annual income, employment status, whether the individual believes that any service received helped the individual to become employed, use of educational assistance, participation in a vocational rehabilitation program, conditions of discharge or release from the Armed Forces, and demographic information. Directs the Secretary to submit annual reports on the outcomes of the study that include any information the Secretary determines is necessary to determine long-term outcomes of the individuals in such groups.

AI Summary

This bill, the Veterans Employment and Training Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015, directs the Secretary of Labor to hire an outside organization to conduct a long-term study, lasting at least five years, on veterans' employment outcomes. The study will track three groups of veterans: those who received intensive job counseling, training, and placement services; those who received other services but not intensive ones; and those who did not seek or receive any services. The research will collect detailed information on each participant, including their length of military service, disability ratings, unemployment benefits received, employment duration and income, whether they believe the services helped them find work, their use of educational assistance or vocational rehabilitation programs, their discharge status, and basic demographic data. The Secretary will be required to submit annual reports to Congress detailing the study's findings and any other information deemed necessary to understand the long-term employment success of these different groups of veterans.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote . (on 06/25/2015)

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