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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Sep 28, 2010
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Requires each individual employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as a vocational rehabilitation counselor to: (1) have completed a masters degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling before such employment; (2) obtain certification within five years after obtaining such employment; and (3) maintain such certification as a condition of continued employment.
Requires each individual employed as a vocational rehabilitation employment coordinator to: (1) have completed a bachelors degree in the relevant field before such employment; (2) obtain certification within five years after obtaining such employment; and (3) maintain such certification as a condition of continued employment.
Requires the Director of the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service to develop a remediation plan for a counselor or coordinator who fails to meet any applicable condition and which the counselor or coordinator must complete in order to continue employment.
People & committees
Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] · R–AR
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7020)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7020)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5630.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7019-7020)
Mr. Filner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 367.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-627.
Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 111-627.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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