I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 758 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize veterans who are entitled 
to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance 
Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs to use such entitlement 
to participate in a career transition internship program for veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2017 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize veterans 
who are entitled to educational assistance under the 
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to use such entitlement 
to participate in a career transition internship program 
for veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GI Internship Program 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM ON PROVISION OF CAREER TRANSITION 
SERVICES TO YOUNG VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 33 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3320. Career transition internship program 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The internship program de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be an ap-
proved program of education for purposes of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall establish a program to match individ-
uals entitled to educational assistance under this chapter 
with eligible employers providing internships for the pur-
pose of— 
‘‘(1) providing such individuals with work expe-
rience in the civilian sector; 
‘‘(2) addressing the growing skills gap in the 
United States economy; 
‘‘(3) increasing the marketable skills of such in-
dividuals; and 
‘‘(4) assisting such individuals in obtaining 
long-term employment. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the pro-
gram, an eligible employer is an employer deter-
mined by the Secretary to meet such criteria for 
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participation in the program as the Secretary shall 
establish for purposes of the program. 
‘‘(2) PAST
PERFORMANCE
ON
CERTAIN
MAT-
TERS.—The criteria established by the Secretary 
under paragraph (1) may include past performance 
of an employer with respect to the following: 
‘‘(A) Job training, basic skills training, 
and related activities. 
‘‘(B) Financial accountability. 
‘‘(C) Demonstrated need to hire, desire to 
grow, and plan to grow. 
‘‘(D) Demonstrated high potential for 
growth and long-term job creation. 
‘‘(3) FOR-PROFIT
AND
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
EM-
PLOYERS.—The employers determined by the Sec-
retary to be eligible employers under paragraph (1) 
may include both for-profit and not-for-profit em-
ployers. 
‘‘(4) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS.—In deter-
mining employers to be eligible employers under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that small 
business concerns (under the meaning given that 
term under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a))) are afforded opportunities to 
participate in the program. 
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‘‘(5) MANUFACTURING.—In determining em-
ployers to be eligible employers under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall give special consideration to em-
ployers in the manufacturing sector. 
‘‘(6) EXCLUSIONS.—The following employers 
may not be determined to be eligible employers 
under paragraph (1): 
‘‘(A) An agency of the Federal Govern-
ment or a State or local government. 
‘‘(B) An employer that has previously par-
ticipated in the program and, as determined by 
the Secretary, failed to abide by any require-
ment of the program. 
‘‘(C) An employer that cannot give an as-
surance to the Secretary at the time of applica-
tion for participation in the program under sub-
section (f), and in such manner as the Sec-
retary shall specify pursuant to that subsection, 
on each matter as follows: 
‘‘(i) That the employer has not been 
investigated or subject to a case or action 
by the Federal Trade Commission during 
the 180-day period ending on the date the 
employer would otherwise commence par-
ticipation in the program. 
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‘‘(ii) That the employer has been in 
good standing with a State business bu-
reau during the period described in clause 
(i). 
‘‘(iii) That the employer is not delin-
quent with respect to payment of any taxes 
or employer contributions described under 
sections 3301 and 3302(a)(1) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
3301 and 3302(a)(1)). 
‘‘(iv) That the employer would not re-
quest the placement of an additional eligi-
ble individual under the program, if after 
such additional placement, the number of 
eligible individuals placed in internships at 
such employer under the program would 
constitute more than 10 percent of the eli-
gible employer’s workforce. For purposes 
of the previous sentence, being an intern 
under the program placed at an employer 
shall be considered part of the employer’s 
workforce. 
‘‘(v) That the employer has the inten-
tion of retaining eligible participants after 
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