[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 889 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 889

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition 
    Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2013

   Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Tester) 
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 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition 
    Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, 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 ``Servicemembers' Choice in Transition 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. CONTENTS OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(9) Provide information about disability-related 
        employment and education protections.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as 
        subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection (c):
    ``(c) Additional Elements of Program.--The mandatory program 
carried out under this section shall include--
            ``(1) for any member who plans to use the member's 
        entitlement to educational assistance under title 38--
                    ``(A) instruction providing an overview of the use 
                of such entitlement; and
                    ``(B) testing to determine academic readiness for 
                post-secondary education, courses of post-secondary 
                education appropriate for the member, courses of post-
                secondary education compatible with the member's 
                education goals, and instruction on how to finance the 
                member's post-secondary education; and
            ``(2) instruction in the benefits under laws administered 
        by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and in other subjects 
        determined by the Secretary concerned.''.
    (b) Deadline for Implementation.--The program carried out under 
section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, shall comply with the 
requirements of subsections (b)(9) and (c) of such section, as added by 
subsection (a), by not later than April 1, 2015.
    (c) Feasibility Study.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives the results of a study carried out by the 
Secretary to determine the feasibility of providing the instruction 
described in subsection (b) of section 1142 of title 10, United States 
Code, at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided by 
entering into a contract jointly with the Secretary of Labor for the 
provision of such instruction.
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