Protecting Apprenticeship Training for Veterans Act
This bill adjusts the administration of certain benefits for veterans participating in an apprenticeship or other on-job training during the period between March 1, 2020, and December 21, 2021, including by proportionately reducing the 120-hour monthly training requirement to reflect an individual's period of unemployment without a reduction in training assistance.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8426 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8426
To provide for modified requirements relating to apprenticeship and on-
job training programs during the COVID-19 emergency under the
educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 29, 2020
Mr. Lamb (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Cisneros) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs
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A BILL
To provide for modified requirements relating to apprenticeship and on-
job training programs during the COVID-19 emergency under the
educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs,
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 ``Protecting Apprenticeship Training
for Veterans Act''.
SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP OR ON-JOB TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--During the period described in subsection (b),
subsection (e) of section 3687 of title 38, United States Code, shall
be applied by substituting the following for paragraph (2):
``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), for any
month in which an individual fails to complete 120 hours of
training, the entitlement otherwise chargeable under paragraph
(1) shall be reduced in the same proportion as the monthly
training assistance allowance payable is reduced under
subsection (b)(3).
``(B) In the case of an individual who is unemployed during
any month, the 120-hour requirement under subparagraph (A) for
that month shall be reduced proportionately to reflect the
individual's period of unemployment, except that the amount of
monthly training assistance otherwise payable to the individual
under subsection (b)(3) shall not be reduced.
``(C) Any period during which an individual is unemployed
shall not--
``(i) be charged against any entitlement to
educational assistance of the individual; or
``(ii) be counted against the aggregate period for
which section 3695 of this title limits the receipt of
educational assistance by such individual.
``(D) Any amount by which the entitlement of an individual
is reduced under subparagraph (A) shall not--
``(i) be charged against any entitlement to
educational assistance of the individual; or
``(ii) be counted against the aggregate period for
which section 3695 of this title limits the receipt of
educational assistance by such individual.
``(E) In the case of an individual who fails to complete
120 hours of training during a month, but who completed more
than 120 hours of training during the preceding month, the
individual may apply the number of hours in excess of 120 that
the individual completed for that month to the month for which
the individual failed to complete 120 hours. If the addition of
such excess hours results in a total of 120 hours or more, the
individual shall be treated as an individual who has completed
120 hours of training for that month. Any excess hours applied
to a different month under this subparagraph may only be
applied to one such month.
``(F) This paragraph applies to amounts described in
section 3313(g)(3)(B)(iv) and section 3032(c)(2) of this title
and section 16131(d)(2) of title 10.
``(G) In this paragraph:
``(i) The term `unemployed' includes being
furloughed or being scheduled to work zero hours.
``(ii) The term `fails to complete 120 hours of
training' means, with respect to an individual, that
during any month, the individual completes at least one
hour, but fewer than 120 hours, of training, including
in a case in which the individual is unemployed for
part of, but not the whole, month.''.
(b) Applicability Period.--The period described in this section is
the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on December 21, 2021.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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