[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2769 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2769

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 2009

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mr. Johanns, and Mrs. Murray) 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 provide for the use of 
 entitlement under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance for the pursuit of 
      apprenticeships and on-job training, 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 ``Post-9/11 Veterans' Job Training Act 
of 2009''.

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

    (a) Entitlement.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 33 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3319 
        the following new section:
``Sec. 3319A. Apprenticeships and on-job training
    ``(a) Monthly Benefit.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and 
(c), 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) 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 receive 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);
            ``(2) 55 percent of a month in the case of payments made in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(2); and
            ``(3) 35 percent of a month in the case of payments made in 
        accordance with subsection (a)(3).
    ``(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 (d) shall be reduced in the same 
proportion as the monthly benefit payment payable is reduced under 
subsection (b).''.
            (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:

``3319A. Apprenticeships and on-job training.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3313 of such title is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or section 3319A of 
        this title'' after ``subsections (e) and (f)''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) 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 paragraph (1) or (2), 
        as appropriate, of section 3687(a) of this title.''.
    (c) Technical Correction.--Section 3002(3)(C) of such title is 
amended by striking ``clause'' and inserting ``paragraph''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 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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