VALOR Act Public Law 115–89 VALOR Act 89 115–89 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 VALOR Act Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act 13801 115 2017-11-21 VALOR Act [(Public Law 115–89)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 115-89. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [38 U.S.C. 101 note] 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”.