[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7097 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7097

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct outreach and provide 
assistance to institutions of higher education to support training and 
internships for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2024

 Ms. Sherrill (for herself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. Allred, Mr. 
   Crow, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Kim of New 
Jersey, Ms. Norton, Ms. Titus, and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct outreach and provide 
assistance to institutions of higher education to support training and 
internships for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, 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 ``College Opportunities for 
Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR TRANSITIONING MEMBERS THROUGH 
              INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    (a) Skillbridge.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct outreach to 
institutions of higher education in order to enter into more agreements 
with such institutions that may provide training or internships to 
members of the Armed Forces pursuant to the Skillbridge program 
established under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code.
    (b) Centers for Military and Veterans Education.--The Secretary of 
Defense may conduct outreach and provide assistance to institutions of 
higher education to support the creation of centers at such 
institutions through which members of the Armed Forces eligible for 
Skillbridge and veterans may receive job training.
    (c) Institution of Higher Education Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``institution of higher education'' means an institution described 
in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a)).
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