H.R. 3055 · Passed House · Armed Forces and National Security

TRANSPORT Jobs Act

Sponsor: Tom Barrett (R-MI)

What it does

• Requires the Department of Transportation to develop and publish a Veteran to Supply Chain Employee Action Plan.
• Directs the plan to identify barriers and challenges faced by active-duty service members and veterans seeking employment or training in the supply chain industry.
• Directs the plan to identify challenges that supply chain employers face when recruiting, hiring, or retaining veterans and service members.
• Requires the plan to recommend short- and long-term actions DOT, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Labor can take to help veterans and service members enter supply chain

Official summary

Transitioning Retiring And New Service Members to Port Ocean Rail and Truck Jobs Act or the TRANSPORT Jobs Act This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and make public the Veteran to Supply Chain Employee Action Plan. Among other elements, the plan must identify (1) barriers and challenges of members of the Armed Forces who are eligible for counseling under the Transition Assistance Program and veterans in searching or training for employment in the supply chain industry, and (2) challenges that supply chain employers face when recruiting, hiring, or retaining veterans and such members of the Armed Forces. The plan must also recommend specific short- and long-term actions that DOT, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or the Department of Labor can take to help veterans and such members of the Armed Forces in becoming supply chain employees.

Latest action

Sep 9, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Committee: Senate Veterans' Affairs