[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2416

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of programs 
 of education for which accelerated payments of educational assistance 
   under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2006

 Mr. Burns (for himself and Mr. Pryor) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of programs 
 of education for which accelerated payments of educational assistance 
   under the Montgomery GI Bill may be used, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Employment and Training Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR ACCELERATED 
              PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MONTGOMERY GI 
              BILL.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 3014A of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following new paragraph (1):
            ``(1) enrolled in either--
                    ``(A) an approved program of education that leads 
                to employment in a high technology occupation in a high 
                technology industry (as determined pursuant to 
                regulations prescribed by the Secretary); or
                    ``(B) an approved program of education lasting less 
                than two years that leads to employment in a sector of 
                the economy, as identified by the Department of Labor, 
                that--
                            ``(i) is projected to--
                                    ``(I) experience a substantial 
                                increase in the number of jobs; or
                                    ``(II) positively affect the growth 
                                of another sector of the economy; or
                            ``(ii) consists of existing or emerging 
                        businesses that are being transformed by 
                        technology and innovation and require new 
                        skills for workers; and''.
    (b) Conforming Expansion of Program of Education.--Such section is 
further amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection (g):
    ``(g) For purposes of this section, a program of education includes 
a program of education (as defined in section 3002(3) of this title) 
pursued at a tribally controlled college or university (as such term is 
defined in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or University 
Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is 
        amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3014A. Accelerated payment of basic educational assistance''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to such section 
        in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 30 of such 
        title is amended to read as follows:

        ``3014A. Accelerated payment of basic educational 
                            assistance.''.
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