‘‘§ 3687A. Military occupational specialty transition 
(MOST) program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT; ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Subject to 
the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the 
Secretary shall carry out a program of training to provide 
eligible veterans with skills relevant to the job market. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible 
veteran’ means any veteran— 
‘‘(A) whose military occupational specialty at 
the time of discharge is determined by the Secretary 
to have limited transferability to the civilian job 
market; 
‘‘(B) who is not otherwise eligible for education 
or training services under this title; 
‘‘(C) who has not acquired a marketable skill 
since leaving military service; 
‘‘(D) who was discharged under conditions not 
less than general under honorable conditions; and 
‘‘(E)(i) who has been unemployed for at least 
90 days during the 180-day period preceding the 
date of application for the program established 
under this section; or 
‘‘(ii) the maximum hourly rate of pay of such 
veteran during such 180-day period is not more than 
150 percent of the Federal minimum wage. 
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‘‘(b) MOST PROGRAM.—The program established 
under this section shall provide for payments to employers 
who provide for eligible veterans a program of apprentice-
ship or on-the-job training if— 
‘‘(1) such program is approved as provided in 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3687(a) of this title; 
‘‘(2) the rate of pay for veterans participating 
in the program is not less than the rate of pay for 
nonveterans in similar jobs; and 
‘‘(3) the Secretary reasonably expects that— 
‘‘(A) the veteran will be qualified for em-
ployment in that field upon completion of train-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) the employer providing the program 
will hire the veteran at the completion of train-
ing. 
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYERS.—(1) Subject to the 
availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Sec-
retary shall enter into contracts with employers to provide 
programs of apprenticeship or on-the-job training that 
meet the requirements of this section. Each such contract 
shall provide for the payment of the amounts described 
in subsection (b) to employers whose programs meet such 
requirements. 
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‘‘(2) The amount paid under this section with respect 
to any eligible veteran for any period shall be 50 percent 
of the wages paid by the employer to such veteran for such 
period. Wages shall be calculated on an hourly basis. 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) the amount paid under this section with re-
spect to a veteran participating in the program es-
tablished under this section may not exceed $20,000 
in the aggregate and $1,666.67 per month; and 
‘‘(ii) such payments may only be made during 
the first 12 months of such veteran’s participation 
in the program. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a veteran participating in the pro-
gram on a less than full-time basis, the Secretary may 
extend the number of months of payments under subpara-
graph (A) and proportionally adjust the amount of such 
payments, but the maximum amount paid with respect to 
a veteran may not exceed the maximum amount of 
$20,000 and the maximum amount of such payments may 
not exceed 24 months. 
‘‘(4) Payments under this section shall be made on 
a quarterly basis. 
‘‘(5) Each employer providing a program of appren-
ticeship or on-the-job training pursuant to this section 
shall submit to the Secretary on a quarterly basis a report 
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certifying the wages paid to eligible veterans under such 
program (which shall be certified by the veteran as being 
correct) and containing such other information as the Sec-
retary may specify. Such report shall be submitted in the 
form and manner required by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2018 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall include a de-
tailed description of activities carried out under this sec-
tion in the annual report prepared by the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration. 
‘‘(f) SEPARATE
ACCOUNTING.—The Department 
shall have a separate line item in budget proposals of the 
Department for funds to be appropriated to carry out this 
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such chapter is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 3687 the following new item: 
‘‘3687A. Military occupational specialty transition (MOST) program.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection 
(a)(1) of section 3034 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘and 3687’’ and inserting ‘‘3687, and 3687A’’. 
(2) Subsections (a)(1) and (c) of section 3241 of such 
title are each amended by striking ‘‘section 3687’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sections 3687 and 3687A’’. 
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(3) Subsection (d)(1) of section 3672 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 3687’’ and inserting ‘‘3687, 
and 3687A’’. 
(4) Paragraph (3) of section 4102A(b) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 3687’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 3687 or 3687A’’. 
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