[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 607 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 607

  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

                            January 28, 2015

  Ms. Brownley of California 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, 2014'' 
        and inserting ``on the date that is 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of the Help Hire Our Heroes Act''; and
            (2) in subsection (k), by striking ``March 31, 2014'' and 
        inserting ``on the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of the Help Hire Our Heroes Act''.

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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