Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act

Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act

Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit members of the Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty and their spouses to elect to receive the following types of additional training under the Department of Labor's transition assistance program:

• preparation for higher education or training,
• preparation for career or technical training, and
• preparation for entrepreneurship.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2133 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2133

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional training 
opportunities under the Transition Assistance Program to members of the 
         Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2015

    Mr. Flores (for himself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Sires, Mr. Costello of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Wenstrup, and Mr. Carter of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide additional training 
opportunities under the Transition Assistance Program to members of the 
         Armed Forces who are being separated from active duty.

    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 ``Servicemembers' Choice in Transition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNDER 
              TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Additional Training Opportunities.--(1) Beginning not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, as 
part of the program carried out under this section, the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit a member of 
the armed forces eligible for assistance under the program to elect to 
receive additional training in any of the following subjects:
            ``(A) Preparation for higher education or training.
            ``(B) Preparation for career or technical training.
            ``(C) Preparation for entrepreneurship.
            ``(D) Other training options determined by the Secretary of 
        Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall ensure that a member of the armed forces who elects to 
receive additional training in subjects available under paragraph (1) 
is able to receive the training.''.
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