[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 445 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 445

   To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to make permanent the 
    Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2019

  Ms. Brownley of California introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to make permanent 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. VETERANS RETRAINING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Permanent 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 ``the period 
        beginning October 1, 2012, and ending March 31, 2014'' and 
        inserting ``each subsequent fiscal year that the program is 
        carried out''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (k).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``Not later than July 
        1, 2012, the'' and inserting ``The'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Except as provided by 
        subsection (k), each'' and inserting ``Each'';
            (3) in subsection (e)(1)(G), by striking ``by not later 
        than October 1, 2013,'';
            (4) by striking subsection (i); and
            (5) by redesignating subsections (j) and (l) as subsections 
        (i) and (j), respectively.
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