[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7643 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7643

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the manner in which 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment 
rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology program, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2026

Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself and Mr. McGarvey) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the manner in which 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment 
rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology 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 ``Veteran Technology Employment 
Success Act''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT RATE CALCULATION FOR VET-TEC HIGH TECHNOLOGY 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 3699C of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
                inserting after ``House of Representatives'' the 
                following: ``, and make available to the public,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3) by adding at the end the 
                following: ``Such rate shall be calculated as a 
                fraction, the denominator of which is the number of 
                covered individuals who completed such a program during 
                such year and the numerator of which is the number of 
                individuals counted in the denominator who are employed 
                on the date that is 180 days after the date on which 
                the individual completed the program, and expressed as 
                a percentage. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
                the numerator shall not count a case in which the 
                individual is employed by the same organization that 
                was the provider of the individual's program of 
                education or a case in which the individual is 
                employed, by a parent or affiliate of such 
                organization, as an instructor for a substantially 
                similar program of education. To the maximum extent 
                practicable, the Secretary shall also report the rates 
                of full-time employment, part-time employment, and 
                self-employment.''; and
            (2) in subsection (g) by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3) The Secretary on an ongoing basis shall solicit, collect, and 
analyze feedback about the program from covered individuals who 
participate in the program and from the GI Bill School Feedback Tool. 
The Secretary shall use such feedback to evaluate and improve the 
implementation of the program.''.
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