The record
Legislation· Dec 2024
Sponsored by Margaret Wood Hassan (D)
Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act
Would have let spouses of some deceased or disabled service members use Labor Department career services.
Tradeoff
Would have extended Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program (DVOP) job help to more military spouses. The bill's summary gives no cost figure.
What's in it
Passed the Senate by on December 2, 2024. The House never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.
Senate
Introduced
(Feb 7, 2024)
Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs(Feb 7, 2024)
Senate
Passage of the bill
Passed by (Dec 2, 2024)
No individual votes were recorded.
Senate
Taken away from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Discharged(Dec 2, 2024)
House
Received from the Senate
Received(Dec 3, 2024)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Eric Schmitt (R-MO)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)