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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2928 

To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide for an apprenticeship 

and on-job training program under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 

Assistance Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 17, 2009 

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

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide for an 

apprenticeship and on-job training program under the 

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program. 

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

3 SECTION 1. APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB TRAINING 

4 UNDER POST-9/11 VETERANS EDUCATIONAL 

5 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

6 (a) APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 38, 

8 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

9 section 3319 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training 

2 ‘‘(a) MONTHLY BENEFIT.—Except as provided in 

3 subsection (b) of this section, the amount of the monthly 

4 benefit payment to an individual pursuing a full-time pro5 gram of apprenticeship or other on-job training under this 

6 chapter is— 

7 ‘‘(1) for each of the first six months of the indi8 vidual’s pursuit of such program, 85 percent of the 

9 amount equal to the national average cost of tuition 

10 at an institution of higher education; 

11 ‘‘(2) for each of the second six months of the 

12 individual’s pursuit of such program, 65 percent of 

13 such amount; and 

14 ‘‘(3) for each of the months following the first 

15 12 months of the individual’s pursuit of such pro16 gram, 45 percent of such amountt. 

17 ‘‘(b) REDUCTION.—In any month in which an indi18 vidual pursuing a program of education consisting of a 

19 program of apprenticeship or other on-job training fails 

20 to complete 120 hours of training, the amount of the 

21 monthly benefit payment payable under this chapter to the 

22 individual shall be limited to the same proportion of the 

23 applicable rate determined under subsection (a) of this 

24 section as the number of hours worked during such month, 

25 rounded to the nearest eight hours, bears to 120 hours. 


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1 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST2 ANCE.—Any payment under this section is in addition to 

3 any other educational assistance to which an individual is 

4 entitled under this chapter.’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec6 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

7 by inserting after the item relating to section 3319 

8 the following new item: 

‘‘3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur10 ther amended as follows: 

11 (1) Subsection (b) of section 3313 of such title 

12 is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(b) APPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION.—A pro14 gram of education is an approved program of education 

15 for purposes of this chapter if the program of education— 

16 ‘‘(1) is— 

17 ‘‘(A) offered by an institution of higher 

18 learning (as that term is defined in section 

19 3452(f) of this title); and 

20 ‘‘(B) approved for purposes of chapter 30 

21 of this title (including approval by the State ap22 proving agency concerned); or 

23 ‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who is not 

24 serving on active duty, includes a program of ap25 prenticeship or of other on-job training approved as 


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1 provided in clause (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sec2 tion 3687(a) of this title.’’. 

3 (2) Section 3313(a) of such title by inserting 

4 after ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’ the following: ‘‘or 

5 section 3320 of this title’’. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

7 this Act shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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