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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act of 2009 - Requires the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a veteran for a month in which the veteran participates in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rehabilitation program to be equal to the national average of the basic allowance for housing paid to a member of the Armed Forces in pay grade E-5.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran who successfully completes a VA rehabilitation program for costs incurred as a direct consequence of program participation, including child care expenses.</p> <p>Repeals the 2600 per-fiscal-year limit on veterans who may participate in the VA program of independent living services and assistance.</p>]]></text>
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