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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1821 
To amend chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, to increase vocational 
rehabilitation and employment assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2009 
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 31 of title 38, United States Code, to 
increase vocational rehabilitation and employment assist-
ance, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Equity for Injured Vet-
erans Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND 
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
(a) PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 3103(a) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘twelve-year’’ and inserting ‘‘fifteen-year’’. 
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(b) INCREASED ALLOWANCE.—Section 3108 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘or (j)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘two 
months’’ and inserting ‘‘six months’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j)(1) As part of a vocational rehabilitation program 
under this chapter, a veteran who is eligible for and enti-
tled to rehabilitation under this chapter may elect to pur-
sue an approved program of education and receive assist-
ance under this chapter in monthly amounts described 
under paragraph (2) to the extent that such veteran has 
remaining eligibility for and entitlement to assistance 
under this section, if the Secretary approves the edu-
cational, professional, or vocational objective chosen by 
such veteran for such program. 
‘‘(2) The monthly amounts a veteran may receive 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a veteran who is consid-
ered a covered individual for purposes of section 
3311 of this title, are the amounts equal to the 
monthly amounts the veteran is eligible to receive for 
educational assistance under section 3313 of this 
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title (including the monthly stipend provided under 
section 3313(c)(1)(B)); and 
‘‘(B) with respect to a veteran who is not con-
sidered a covered individual for purposes of section 
3311, are the amounts equal to the monthly 
amounts the Secretary determines would be payable 
to such veteran if such veteran were eligible to re-
ceive educational assistance under section 3313 of 
this title (including the monthly stipend provided 
under section 3313(c)(1)(B)). 
‘‘(3) In the event that such veteran makes an election 
under paragraph (1), the terms and conditions applicable 
to the pursuit of a comparable program of education and 
the payment of allowances and provision of assistance 
under chapter 33 of this title for such a comparable pro-
gram shall be applied to the pursuit of the approved pro-
gram of education under this chapter.’’. 
(c) CHILD CARE; PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 31 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 3123. Child care assistance for single parents 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary to carry out this section, the Sec-
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retary shall provide reimbursements for child care to a vet-
eran who is— 
‘‘(1) participating in a vocational rehabilitation 
program under this chapter; and 
‘‘(2) the sole caretaker of a child. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—The amount of the 
reimbursement for child care under this section shall be 
not more than $2,000 per month for each month the vet-
eran is participating in a vocational rehabilitation program 
under this chapter. 
‘‘§ 3124. Information included in support of Presi-
dent’s budget 
‘‘The Secretary shall include in documents submitted 
to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President’s 
budget for each fiscal year submitted under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code, the following: 
‘‘(1) For the calendar year preceding the sub-
mission— 
‘‘(A) the percentage of veterans receiving 
assistance under this chapter who became em-
ployed; and 
‘‘(B) the percentage of veterans receiving 
assistance under this chapter who achieved 
independence in daily living. 
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‘‘(2) Any changes made by the Secretary in 
measuring or calculating the performance of the de-
partment under this chapter.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘3123. Child care assistance for single parents. 
‘‘3124. Information included in support of President’s budget.’’. 
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