[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3949 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3949


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 8, 2017

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation 
of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for 
 purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of 
                           Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor 
Opportunity Reform Act'' or the ``VALOR Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF STATE APPROVING AGENCIES FOR MULTI-STATE 
              APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

    Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(1)(A) The State approving agency for a multi-State 
apprenticeship program is--
            ``(i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State 
        approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the 
        apprenticeship program is located; and
            ``(ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency 
        for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place.
    ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `multi-State apprenticeship 
program' means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more 
than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as 
developed by the Department of Labor.''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR ASSISTANCE 
              FOR APPRENTICESHIP AND OTHER ON-JOB TRAINING.

    Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``shall have received--'' and all that follows through 
``person's certificate,'' and inserting ``receives from the training 
establishment a certification''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.