Department of Veterans Affairs Work-Study Act of 2005 - Includes as a "work-study activity" for qualifying veterans: (1) the provision of placement services at an educational institution; (2) the provision of counseling and assistance in identifying employment and training opportunities and related information and services to members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty (and their spouses); and (3) any approved activity in support of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at an educational institution or military installation.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of qualifying work-study activities to include work-study positions available on site at educational institutions.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1207 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1207
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional work-study
opportunities for eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2005
Mr. Simpson 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 provide additional work-study
opportunities for eligible 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 ``Department of Veterans Affairs Work-
Study Act of 2005''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL AREAS OF WORK-STUDY FOR VETERANS.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a)(4) of section 3485 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
``(G) The provision of placement services described in
section 3104(a)(5) of this title at an educational institution
carried out under the supervision of a Department employee.
``(H) The provision of counseling and assistance in
identifying employment and training opportunities, help in
obtaining such employment and training, and other related
information and services to members of the Armed Forces who are
being separated from active duty, and the spouses of such
members, under the Transition Assistance Program and Disabled
Transition Assistance Program established in section 1144 of
title 10, carried out under the supervision of disabled
veterans' outreach program specialists or local veterans'
employment representatives under chapter 41 of this title.
``(I) Any activity approved by the Secretary in support of
a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at an
educational institution or on a military installation carried
out under the supervision of an administrator or instructor
referred to in section 2111 of title 10, United States Code.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to agreements entered into under section 3485 of
title 38, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 3. 5-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR ON-CAMPUS WORK-STUDY POSITIONS.
(a) Establishment of Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall conduct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility
and advisability of expanding the scope of qualifying work-study
activities under subsection (a)(4) of section 3485 of title 38, United
States Code, to include work-study positions available on site at
educational institutions.
(b) Type of Work-Study Positions.--The work-study positions
referred to in subsection (a) may include positions in academic
departments (such as tutors or research, teaching, and lab assistants)
and in student services (such as career centers, financial aid, campus
orientation, cashiers, admissions, records and registration).
(c) Requirements.--
(1) Approval of position by the secretary.--No payment may
be made under the pilot project for a work-study position
referred to in subsection (a) unless the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs has approved the work-study position offered by
educational institution based on an application submitted to
the Secretary by the institution for such purpose containing
such information and meeting such requirements as the Secretary
may specify.
(2) All other qualifying work-study activities are
filled.--Before a work-study position referred to in subsection
(a) may be filled by an applicant under the pilot project, the
applicant shall demonstrate to the Secretary that there is no
position in a qualifying work-study activity under
subparagraphs (A) through (I) of section 3845(a)(4) of such
title in which the applicant may work during the applicable
agreement period.
(d) Limitation on Number of Positions.--In conducting the pilot
program, the Secretary shall ensure that no more than 10 percent of all
work-study agreements under section 3485 of such title at any time are
for work-study positions provided for under the pilot project.
(e) Maintenance of Numbers and Types of Work-Study Opportunities
Offered by Educational Institutions.--The Secretary may not enter into
an agreement for a work-study position referred to in subsection (a)
unless the educational institution involved demonstrates that the
number and types of work-study positions offered by the educational
institution during the year preceding the year in which the Secretary
conducts the pilot project is not less than such number and type
offered during the pilot project.
(f) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
carry out the pilot project under this section, including regulations
providing for the supervision of work-study positions referred to in
subsection (a) by appropriate personnel.
(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006
through 2010 to carry out the pilot project under this section.
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
Section 3484 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by inserting ``or 1607'' after
``chapter 1606'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``chapter 106'' and
inserting ``chapter 1606 or 1607''; and
(3) in subsection (e)(1)--
(A) by striking ``services of the kind described in
clauses (A) through (E) of subsection (a)(1) of this
section'' and inserting ``a qualifying work-study
activity described in subsection (a)(4)''; and
(B) by striking ``chapter 106'' and inserting
``chapter 1606 or 1607''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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