I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 179 
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 
JANUARY 4, 2013 
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. 
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 ‘‘Franchise Education 
for Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR FRAN-
CHISE TRAINING. 
(a) GI BILL.— 
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(1) PROGRAM OF EDUCATION.—Subparagraph 
(C) of section 3002(3) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) in the case of an individual who is not 
serving on active duty, includes— 
‘‘(i) a full-time program of apprenticeship 
or of other on-job training approved as provided 
in paragraph (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sec-
tion 3687(a) of this title; 
‘‘(ii) a cooperative program (as defined in 
section 3482(a)(2) of this title); and 
‘‘(iii) a training program at a training es-
tablishment described in section 3452(e)(2) of 
this title that— 
‘‘(I) is approved for purposes of chap-
ter 32 or 34 of this title; and 
‘‘(II) is for a franchise (as defined in 
section 436.1 of title 16, Code of Federal 
Regulations).’’. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Section 3032 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the 
amount of educational assistance payable under this chap-
ter for a program of education consisting of a training 
program at a training establishment described in section 
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3452(e)(2) of this title shall be, with respect to any 12- 
month period in which such training is pursued, the lesser 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The sum of— 
‘‘(i) the fees assessed by the training es-
tablishment concerned for the training; 
‘‘(ii) a monthly housing stipend for each 
month (or pro rata amount for each partial 
month) of training pursued equal to the month-
ly amount of the basic allowance for housing 
payable under section 403 of title 37 for a 
member with dependents in pay grade E–5 re-
siding in the military housing area that encom-
passes all or the majority portion of the ZIP 
code area in which is located the training estab-
lishment; and 
‘‘(iii) a monthly stipend in an amount 
equal to $83 for each month (or pro rata 
amount for each partial month) of training pur-
sued for books supplies, equipment, and other 
educational costs. 
‘‘(B) $15,000. 
‘‘(2) The number of months of entitlement charged 
in the case of any individual for a training program de-
scribed in paragraph (1) is equal to the number (including 
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