VR&E Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4271 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4271

To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of time the 
  Secretary of Veterans Affairs may extend the period of a vocational 
                 rehabilitation program for a veteran.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2025

Mr. Van Orden 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 limit the amount of time the 
  Secretary of Veterans Affairs may extend the period of a vocational 
                 rehabilitation program for a veteran.

    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 ``VR&E Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXTENSION OF A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
              FOR A VETERAN.

    Section 3105(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 
        the Secretary'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) The Secretary may not, under this subsection, extend the 
period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran so that 
such period exceeds ninety-six months until after the Secretary--
            ``(A) determines that extraordinary circumstances apply in 
        the case of such veteran; and
            ``(B) submits to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
        Senate and House of Representatives written notice of such 
        extension and the extraordinary circumstances for such 
        extension.''.
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