[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 2094 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 638

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2094

                          [Report No. 103-384]

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                                 A BILL

To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
       approve basic educational assistance for flight training.

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           September 27 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

        Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the title





                                                       Calendar No. 638
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2094

                          [Report No. 103-384]

To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
       approve basic educational assistance for flight training.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 10 (legislative day, May 2), 1994

Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Ford, Mr. Simon, Mrs. Kassebaum, and Mr. 
Akaka) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

           September 27 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

Reported by Mr. Rockefeller, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
                                 title
                  [Insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
       approve basic educational assistance for flight training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO APPROVE BASIC EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
              FOR FLIGHT TRAINING.

    (a) All-Volunteer Force Assistance.--Section 3034(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out paragraph (2); and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``(1)''; and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
    (b) Post-Vietnam Era Assistance.--Section 3241(b) of such title is 
amended--
            (1) by striking out paragraph (2); and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``(1)''; and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
    (c) Assistance for Selected Reserve.--Section 2136(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking out paragraph (2); and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking out ``(1)''; and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
                (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1994.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVICE MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL CONVERSION AND 
              TRAINING ACT OF 1992.

    (a) Period of Training.--
            (1) Elimination of 18 month cap on period.--Section 4485(d) 
        of the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act 
        of 1992 (10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out ``or 
        more than 18 months''.
            (2) Standard for wages and benefits.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 4486(d)(2) of such Act (10 
                U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out the period 
                at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the 
                following: ``in the community during the entire program 
                period of the eligible person.''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
                subparagraph (A) shall apply to programs of training 
                under the Service Members Occupational Conversion and 
                Training Act of 1992 that are begun on or after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Payments.--Section 4487(a)(1) of such Act (10 U.S.C. 1143 note) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ``subparagraph 
        (B)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``subparagraphs (B), (C), 
        and (D)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        subparagraphs:
    ``(C) In determining under the third sentence of subparagraph (A) 
the amount of the payment which an employer shall receive on behalf of 
an eligible person, the number of hours for which payment will be 
received may not exceed the number of hours equivalent to 18 months of 
training.
    ``(D) Assistance may be paid under this subtitle on behalf of an 
eligible person to that person's employer for training under two or 
more programs of job training under this subtitle if such employer has 
not received on that person's behalf assistance in an aggregate amount 
in excess of the applicable amount set forth in subparagraph (B).''.
    (c) Entry Into Program of Job Training.--Section 4488(a) of such 
Act (106 Stat. 2764; 10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out 
the third sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof ``The eligible 
person may begin such program of job training with the employer on the 
day that notice is transmitted to such official by means prescribed by 
such official. However, assistance under this subtitle may not be 
provided to the employer if such official, within two weeks after the 
date on which such notice is transmitted, disapproves the eligible 
person's entry into that program of job training in accordance with 
this section.''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``To make permanent the 
        authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve basic 
        educational assistance for flight training, to amend the 
        Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 
        1992 to permit a period of training under the Act of more than 
        18 months, and for other purposes.''.