[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4149 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4149

  To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend the Veterans 
         Retraining Assistance Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2014

Ms. Brownley of California (for herself and Mr. Takano) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend the Veterans 
         Retraining Assistance Program, 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 ``Help Hire our Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 211 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-
56; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``March 31'' and 
        inserting ``September 30''; and
            (2) in subsection (k), by striking ``March 31'' and 
        inserting ``September 30''.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER FROM LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND TO 
              VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subsection (c) of section 9508 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Transfer to department of veterans affairs.--Out of 
        amounts in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
        there is hereby appropriated $270,000,000 to be transferred to 
        the `Veterans Benefits Administration--Readjustment Benefits' 
        account of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Veterans 
        Retraining Assistance Program under section 211 of the VOW to 
        Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56; 38 U.S.C. 4100 
        note), to remain available until expended.''.
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