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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3351 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain veterans to use 

educational assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs 

for franchise training. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2011 

Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 

on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain 

veterans to use educational assistance provided by the 

Department of Veterans Affairs for franchise training. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Franchise Education 

5 for Veterans Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR FRAN7 CHISE TRAINING. 

8 (a) GI BILL.— 


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1 (1) PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.—Subparagraph 

2 (C) of section 3002(3) of title 38, United States 

3 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(C) in the case of an individual who is not 

5 serving on active duty, includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) a full-time program of apprenticeship 

7 or of other on-job training approved as provided 

8 in paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sec9 tion 3687(a) of this title; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a cooperative program (as defined in 

11 section 3482(a)(2) of this title); and 

12 ‘‘(iii) a training program at a training es13 tablishment described in section 3452(e)(2) of 

14 this title that— 

15 ‘‘(I) is approved for purposes of chap16 ter 32 or 34 of this title; and 

17 ‘‘(II) is for a franchise (as defined in 

18 section 436.1 of title 16, Code of Federal 

19 Regulations).’’. 

20 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Section 3032 of such title is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(h)(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the 

23 amount of educational assistance payable under this chap24 ter for a program of education consisting of a training 

25 program at a training establishment described in section 


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1 3452(e)(2) of this title shall be, with respect to any 12- 

2 month period in which such training is pursued, the lesser 

3 of the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) The sum of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the fees assessed by the training es6 tablishment concerned for the training; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a monthly housing stipend for each 

8 month (or pro rata amount for each partial 

9 month) of training pursued equal to the month10 ly amount of the basic allowance for housing 

11 payable under section 403 of title 37 for a 

12 member with dependents in pay grade E–5 re13 siding in the military housing area that encom14 passes all or the majority portion of the ZIP 

15 code area in which is located the training estab16 lishment; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) a monthly stipend in an amount 

18 equal to $83 for each month (or pro rata 

19 amount for each partial month) of training pur20 sued for books supplies, equipment, and other 

21 educational costs. 

22 ‘‘(B) $15,000. 

23 ‘‘(2) The number of months of entitlement charged 

24 in the case of any individual for a training program de25 scribed in paragraph (1) is equal to the number (including 


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1 any fraction) determined by dividing the total amount of 

2 educational assistance paid such individual for such pro3 gram by the full-time monthly institutional rate of edu4 cational assistance such individual would otherwise be paid 

5 under subsection (a)(1), (b)(1), (d), or (e)(1) of section 

6 3015 of this title, as the case may be. 

7 ‘‘(3)(A) In no event shall payment of educational as8 sistance under this subsection for training described in 

9 paragraph (1) exceed the amount of the individual’s avail10 able entitlement under this chapter. 

11 ‘‘(B) With respect to an individual entitled to edu12 cational assistance under this subsection who is not de13 scribed in subsection (a)(1) or (c)(1) of section 3015 of 

14 this title, the Secretary shall adjust the amount payable 

15 under paragraph (1) by an amount determined by the Sec16 retary to reflect the difference in the rate of educational 

17 assistance such individual would be paid under such sec18 tion as compared to the rate an individual described in 

19 subsection (a)(1) or (c)(1) of such section would be paid 

20 under such section. 

21 ‘‘(4) A veteran may not receive— 

22 ‘‘(A) more than 12 months of educational as23 sistance under this subsection; and 

24 ‘‘(B) a total amount of educational assistance 

25 under this subsection that is more than $15,000.’’. 


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1 (b) POST–9/11 GI BILL.— 

2 (1) APPROVED PROGRAMS.—Section 3313(b) of 

3 such title is amended by striking the period at the 

4 end and inserting ‘‘, including a training program 

5 described in section 3002(3)(C)(iii) of this title.’’. 

6 (2) FRANCHISE TRAINING.—Section 3313(g)(3) 

7 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(E) Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), in the 

10 case of an individual pursuing a program of 

11 education consisting of a training program at a 

12 training establishment described in section 

13 3452(e)(2) of this title, amounts, with respect 

14 to any 12-month period in which such training 

15 is pursued, as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) An amount equal to the lesser 

17 of— 

18 ‘‘(I) the sum of— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the fees assessed by 

20 the training establishment con21 cerned for the training; 

22 ‘‘(bb) a monthly housing sti23 pend for each month (or pro rata 

24 amount for each partial month) 

25 of training pursued equal to the 


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1 monthly amount of the basic al2 lowance for housing payable 

3 under section 403 of title 37 for 

4 a member with dependents in pay 

5 grade E–5 residing in the mili6 tary housing area that encom7 passes all or the majority portion 

8 of the ZIP code area in which is 

9 located the training establish10 ment; and 

11 ‘‘(cc) a monthly stipend in 

12 an amount equal to $83 for each 

13 month (or pro rata amount for 

14 each partial month) of training 

15 pursued for books supplies, 

16 equipment, and other educational 

17 costs; or 

18 ‘‘(II) $15,000. 

19 ‘‘(ii) In the case of an individual enti20 tled to educational assistance by reason of 

21 paragraphs (3) through (8) of sections 

22 3311(b), the amounts payable pursuant to 

23 clause (i) shall be the amounts otherwise 

24 determined pursuant to such clause multi25 plied by the same percentage applicable to 


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1 the monthly amounts payable to the indi2 vidual under paragraphs (2) through (7) of 

3 subsection (c). 

4 ‘‘(iii) A veteran may not receive— 

5 ‘‘(I) more than 12 months of 

6 educational assistance under this sub7 section; and 

8 ‘‘(II) a total amount of edu9 cational assistance under this sub10 section that is more than $15,000.’’. 

11 (3) PAYMENTS.—Section 3313(g)(4)(C) of such 

12 title is amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) Payment for the amount payable 

14 under paragraph (3)(E) for pursuit of a 

15 program of education consisting of a train16 ing program at a training establishment 

17 described in section 3452(e)(2) of this title 

18 shall be paid to the individual upon the 

19 Secretary receiving a certification of enroll20 ment with respect to the individual made 

21 by such establishment.’’. 

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