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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4079 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove the requirement 

for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in on-the-job training programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2009 

Mr. PERRIELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove the requirement for employers to increase wages 

for veterans enrolled in on-the-job training programs. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REMOVING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS 

4 TO INCREASE WAGES FOR VETERANS EN5 ROLLED IN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PRO6 GRAMS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) REMOVING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (b) 

2 of section 3677 of title 38, United States Code, is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(b)(1) The training establishment offering training 

5 which is desired to be approved for the purposes of this 

6 chapter must submit to the appropriate State approving 

7 agency a written application for approval which, in addi8 tion to furnishing such information as is required by the 

9 State approving agency, contains a certification that— 

10 ‘‘(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran 

11 or person upon entrance into training, are not less 

12 than wages paid nonveterans in the same training 

13 position and are at least 50 per centum of the wages 

14 paid for the job for which the veteran or person is 

15 to be trained; and 

16 ‘‘(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job 

17 for which the eligible veteran or person is to be 

18 trained will be available to the veteran or person at 

19 the end of the training period. 

20 ‘‘(2) The requirement for certification under para21 graph (1) shall not apply to training described in section 

22 3452(e)(2) of this title.’’. 

23 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

24 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 

25 2010, and shall apply to a veteran who enrolls in a 


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1 program of training on the job approved under sec2 tion 3677 of title 38, United States Code, on or 

3 after such date. 

4 (3) SUNSET.—Effective October 1, 2015, sub5 section (b) of such section, as amended by para6 graph (1) of this section, is amended to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(b)(1) The training establishment offering training 

9 which is desired to be approved for the purposes of this 

10 chapter must submit to the appropriate State approving 

11 agency a written application for approval which, in addi12 tion to furnishing such information as is required by the 

13 State approving agency, contains a certification that— 

14 ‘‘(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran 

15 or person (i) upon entrance into training, are not 

16 less than wages paid nonveterans in the same train17 ing position and are at least 50 per centum of the 

18 wages paid for the job for which the veteran or per19 son is to be trained, and (ii) such wages will be in20 creased in regular periodic increments until, not 

21 later than the last full month of the training period, 

22 they will be at least 85 per centum of the wages paid 

23 for the job for which such eligible veteran or person 

24 is being trained; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job 

2 for which the eligible veteran or person is to be 

3 trained will be available to the veteran or person at 

4 the end of the training period. 

5 ‘‘(2) The requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 

6 shall not apply with respect to a training establishment 

7 operated by the United States or by a State or local gov8 ernment. 

9 ‘‘(3) The requirement for certification under para10 graph (1) shall not apply to training described in section 

11 3452(e)(2) of this title.’’. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2015, the Sec13 retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee 

14 on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report 

16 on the effects of removing the requirement for a private 

17 employer to provide wage increases to veterans enrolled 

18 in a program of training on the job approved under section 

19 3677 of title 38, United States Code. 

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