[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4835 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4835

    To extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for 
                         veterans and spouses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2018

 Ms. Esty of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. Poe of Texas) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
  Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for 
                         veterans and spouses.

    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 ``Job Training through Off-Base 
Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act'' or the ``Job TOOLS 
for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OFF-BASE TRANSITION TRAINING FOR VETERANS AND 
              SPOUSES.

    (a) Extension of Pilot Program.--Subsection (a) of section 301 of 
the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 
2012 (Public Law 112-260; 10 U.S.C. 1144 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``During the two-year period beginning on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the'' and inserting 
        ``During the five-year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act, the''; and
            (2) by striking ``to assess the feasibility and 
        advisability of providing such program to eligible individuals 
        at locations other than military installations''.
    (b) Locations.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not less than three and 
        not more than five States'' and inserting ``not less than 50 
        locations in States (as defined in section 101(20) of title 38, 
        United States Code)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``at least two'' and 
        inserting ``at least 20''.
    (c) Conforming Repeal.--Subsection (f) of such section is repealed.
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