[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 562 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 562

   To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining 
 Assistance Program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2013

Mr. Miller of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining 
 Assistance Program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
                        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 ``VRAP Extension Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Extension.--Section 211 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 
(Public Law 112-56; 125 Stat. 713; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ``March 31, 2014'' 
        and inserting ``June 30, 2014''; and
            (2) in subsection (k), by striking ``March 31, 2014'' and 
        inserting ``June 30, 2014''.
    (b) Interim Report.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs, in collaboration with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim 
        report on the retraining assistance provided under section 211 
        of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56; 125 
        Stat. 713; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note).
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) The total number of--
                            (i) eligible veterans who have participated 
                        in the program established under such section 
                        as of the date of the enactment of this Act; 
                        and
                            (ii) associates degrees or certificates 
                        awarded (or other similar evidence of the 
                        completion of the program of education or 
                        training earned) to veterans participating in 
                        the program established under such section as 
                        of such date.
                    (B) Data related to the employment status of 
                eligible veterans who participated in such program.
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