Training in High-demand Roles to Improve Veteran Employment Act or the THRIVE Act
This bill makes updates to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) training and education policies and programs, including by amending the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020.
First, in implementing the VA's rapid retraining assistance program, the list of high-demand occupations must be prepared in conjunction with the Department of Labor. The VA may add and remove occupations as appropriate.
The bill excludes programs pursued solely through distance learning on a half-time basis or less from the housing stipend available to those participating in the retraining program.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the outcomes and effectiveness of the retraining program.
Next, the VA must provide veterans and members of the Armed Forces with information about whether (1) a postsecondary education institution is listed on the College Navigator website as being affiliated with a certain religion, (2) an institution is minority serving, and (3) an institution is gender specific.
The bill includes for-profit educational institutions that are converted to public educational institutions in the annual risk-based survey the state approving agency must conduct.
Finally, the VA must take certain disciplinary action when any person with whom an educational institution has an agreement for marketing, advertising, educational programs, recruiting, or admissions services engages in specified behaviors, such as providing a type of incentive payment to persons engaged in student recruiting.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-08 | President | Became Public Law No: 117-16. | Library of Congress |
| 2021-06-08 | President | Signed by President. | Library of Congress |
| 2021-06-07 | Floor | Presented to President. | House floor actions |
| 2021-05-28 | Floor | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate |
| 2021-05-28 | Floor | Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. | Senate |
| 2021-05-28 | Discharge | Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3929-3930) | Senate |
| 2021-04-22 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. | Senate |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | Pursuant to section 6 of H. Res. 330, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 367; H.R. 370; H.R. 396; H.R. 397, as amended; H.R. 408; H.R. 490; H.R. 965, as amended; H.R. 1251, as amended; H.R. 1395; H.R. 1491; H.R. 1528; H.R. 1532; H.R. 1565; H.R. 1602; and H.R. 2523, as amended; and the following resolution was agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 124, as amended. (consideration: CR H1979-1994; text: CR H1990-1992) | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 330, proceedings on H.R. 2523 are considered vacated. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2523. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1965-1968; text: CR H1965-1967) | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-20 | Floor | Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-19 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. | House committee actions |
| 2021-04-14 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-14 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2021-04-14 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |