[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3337 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3337

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the use of 
entitlement under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for 
          the pursuit of apprenticeships and on-job training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2009

Ms. DeLauro (for herself, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Kissell, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
    Peterson, Mr. Massa, Mr. Holt, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
  Courtney, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Filner, and Mr. Grayson) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the use of 
entitlement under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for 
          the pursuit of apprenticeships and on-job training.

    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 ``Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ENTITLEMENT UNDER POST-9/11 VETERANS EDUCATIONAL 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB 
              TRAINING.

    (a) Entitlement.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 33 of title 38, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting after section 3319 the following 
        new section:
``Sec. 3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training
    ``(a) Monthly Benefit.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and 
(c) of this section, the amount of the monthly benefit payment to an 
individual pursuing a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-
job training under this chapter is--
            ``(1) for each of the first six months of the individual's 
        pursuit of such program, 75 percent of the monthly benefit 
        payment otherwise payable to such individual under this 
        chapter;
            ``(2) for each of the second six months of the individual's 
        pursuit of such program, 55 percent of such monthly benefit 
        payment; and
            ``(3) for each of the months following the first 12 months 
        of the individual's pursuit of such program, 35 percent of such 
        monthly benefit payment.
    ``(b) Reduction.--In any month in which an individual pursuing a 
program of education consisting of a program of apprenticeship or other 
on-job training fails to complete 120 hours of training, the amount of 
the monthly benefit payment payable under this chapter to the 
individual shall be limited to the same proportion of the applicable 
rate determined under subsection (a) of this section as the number of 
hours worked during such month, rounded to the nearest eight hours, 
bears to 120 hours.
    ``(c) Housing Allowance.--An individual receiving a monthly benefit 
pursuant to this section shall recieve a monthly housing stipend amount 
equal to the monthly amount of the basic allowance for housing payable 
under section 403 of title 37 for a member with dependents in pay grade 
E-5 residing in the military housing area that encompasses all or the 
majority portion of the ZIP code area in which the individual resides.
    ``(d) Charge to Entitlement.--For each month that an individual is 
paid a monthly benefit payment under this chapter, the individual's 
entitlement under this chapter shall be charged at the rate of--
            ``(1) 75 percent of a month in the case of payments made in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(1) of this section;
            ``(2) 55 percent of a month in the case of payments made in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(2) of this section; and
            ``(3) 35 percent of a month in the case of payments made in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(3) of this section.
    ``(e) Reduced Charge to Entitlement.--For any month in which an 
individual fails to complete 120 hours of training, the entitlement 
otherwise chargeable under subsection (c) of this section shall be 
reduced in the same proportion as the monthly benefit payment payable 
is reduced under subsection (b) of this section.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 3319 the following new item:

``3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such title is further amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsection (b) of section 3313 of such title is amended 
        to read as follows:
    ``(b) Approved Programs of Education.--A program of education is an 
approved program of education for purposes of this chapter if the 
program of education--
            ``(1) is--
                    ``(A) offered by an institution of higher learning 
                (as that term is defined in section 3452(f) of this 
                title; and
                    ``(B) approved for purposes of chapter 30 of this 
                title (including approval by the State approving agency 
                concerned; or
            ``(2) in the case of an individual who is not serving on 
        active duty, includes a program of apprenticeship or of other 
        on-job training approved as provided in clause (1) or (2), as 
        appropriate, of section 3687(a) of this title.''.
            (2) Section 3313(a) of such title by inserting after 
        ``subsections (e) and (f)'' the following: ``or section 3320 of 
        this title''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Post-9/11 Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (title V of Public Law 110-252).
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