S 3746 United States Senate · 118th Congress

Gold Star and Surviving Spouse Career Services Act

This bill expands career services under the Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program to include specific spouses. It directly affects spouses of disabled veterans (as defined in section 4101(5) of Title 38) and spouses of service members who died while serving in the Armed Forces (Gold Star spouses). The key change adds "eligible persons" to the program's eligibility criteria throughout the relevant section, allowing these spouses to access career counseling, job placement, and other support services previously available only to veterans themselves. This is a concrete policy change that broadens access to existing career assistance programs for these two groups of military spouses.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2024
Senate Passage
Dec 2024
House Passage
President
Introduced Feb 7, 2024 Last action Dec 3, 2024
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This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
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Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Dec 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6759-6760; text: CR S6759-6760)
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Dec 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Dec 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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