[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4079 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4079

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove the 
 requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in 
                     on-the-job training programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2009

Mr. Perriello 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 temporarily remove the 
 requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in 
                     on-the-job training programs.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS TO INCREASE WAGES FOR 
              VETERANS ENROLLED IN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Removing requirement.--Subsection (b) of section 3677 
        of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The training establishment offering training which is 
desired to be approved for the purposes of this chapter must submit to 
the appropriate State approving agency a written application for 
approval which, in addition to furnishing such information as is 
required by the State approving agency, contains a certification that--
            ``(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran or person 
        upon entrance into training, are not less than wages paid 
        nonveterans in the same training position and are at least 50 
        per centum of the wages paid for the job for which the veteran 
        or person is to be trained; and
            ``(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job for which 
        the eligible veteran or person is to be trained will be 
        available to the veteran or person at the end of the training 
        period.
    ``(2) The requirement for certification under paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to training described in section 3452(e)(2) of this title.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect on October 1, 2010, and shall apply to a 
        veteran who enrolls in a program of training on the job 
        approved under section 3677 of title 38, United States Code, on 
        or after such date.
            (3) Sunset.--Effective October 1, 2015, subsection (b) of 
        such section, as amended by paragraph (1) of this section, is 
        amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The training establishment offering training which is 
desired to be approved for the purposes of this chapter must submit to 
the appropriate State approving agency a written application for 
approval which, in addition to furnishing such information as is 
required by the State approving agency, contains a certification that--
            ``(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran or person 
        (i) upon entrance into training, are not less than wages paid 
        nonveterans in the same training position and are at least 50 
        per centum of the wages paid for the job for which the veteran 
        or person is to be trained, and (ii) such wages will be 
        increased in regular periodic increments until, not later than 
        the last full month of the training period, they will be at 
        least 85 per centum of the wages paid for the job for which 
        such eligible veteran or person is being trained; and
            ``(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job for which 
        the eligible veteran or person is to be trained will be 
        available to the veteran or person at the end of the training 
        period.
    ``(2) The requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) shall not apply 
with respect to a training establishment operated by the United States 
or by a State or local government.
    ``(3) The requirement for certification under paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to training described in section 3452(e)(2) of this title.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2015, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate 
a report on the effects of removing the requirement for a private 
employer to provide wage increases to veterans enrolled in a program of 
training on the job approved under section 3677 of title 38, United 
States Code.
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