I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3337 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the use of entitlement 
under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program for the pur-
suit of apprenticeships and on-job training. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2009 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MASSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. GRAYSON) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
use of entitlement under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
Assistance Program for the pursuit of apprenticeships 
and on-job 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 ‘‘Post-9/11 Veterans’ 
Job Training Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF ENTITLEMENT UNDER POST-9/11 VETERANS 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR 
APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB TRAINING. 
(a) ENTITLEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3319 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training 
‘‘(a) MONTHLY BENEFIT.—Except as provided in 
subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the amount of the 
monthly benefit payment to an individual pursuing a full- 
time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training 
under this chapter is— 
‘‘(1) for each of the first six months of the indi-
vidual’s pursuit of such program, 75 percent of the 
monthly benefit payment otherwise payable to such 
individual under this chapter; 
‘‘(2) for each of the second six months of the 
individual’s pursuit of such program, 55 percent of 
such monthly benefit payment; and 
‘‘(3) for each of the months following the first 
12 months of the individual’s pursuit of such pro-
gram, 35 percent of such monthly benefit payment. 
‘‘(b) REDUCTION.—In any month in which an indi-
vidual pursuing a program of education consisting of a 
program of apprenticeship or other on-job training fails 
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to complete 120 hours of training, the amount of the 
monthly benefit payment payable under this chapter to the 
individual shall be limited to the same proportion of the 
applicable rate determined under subsection (a) of this 
section as the number of hours worked during such month, 
rounded to the nearest eight hours, bears to 120 hours. 
‘‘(c) HOUSING ALLOWANCE.—An individual receiving 
a monthly benefit pursuant to this section shall recieve 
a monthly housing stipend amount equal to the monthly 
amount of the basic allowance for housing payable under 
section 403 of title 37 for a member with dependents in 
pay grade E–5 residing in the military housing area that 
encompasses all or the majority portion of the ZIP code 
area in which the individual resides. 
‘‘(d) CHARGE TO ENTITLEMENT.—For each month 
that an individual is paid a monthly benefit payment 
under this chapter, the individual’s entitlement under this 
chapter shall be charged at the rate of— 
‘‘(1) 75 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with subsection (a)(1) of 
this section; 
‘‘(2) 55 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with subsection (a)(2) of 
this section; and 
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‘‘(3) 35 percent of a month in the case of pay-
ments made in accordance with subsection (a)(3) of 
this section. 
‘‘(e) REDUCED CHARGE
TO ENTITLEMENT.—For 
any month in which an individual fails to complete 120 
hours of training, the entitlement otherwise chargeable 
under subsection (c) of this section shall be reduced in 
the same proportion as the monthly benefit payment pay-
able is reduced under subsection (b) of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 3319 
the following new item: 
‘‘3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (b) of section 3313 of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) APPROVED PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION.—A pro-
gram of education is an approved program of education 
for purposes of this chapter if the program of education— 
‘‘(1) is— 
‘‘(A) offered by an institution of higher 
learning (as that term is defined in section 
3452(f) of this title; and 
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‘‘(B) approved for purposes of chapter 30 
of this title (including approval by the State ap-
proving agency concerned; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who is not 
serving on active duty, includes a program of ap-
prenticeship or of other on-job training approved as 
provided in clause (1) or (2), as appropriate, of sec-
tion 3687(a) of this title.’’. 
(2) Section 3313(a) of such title by inserting 
after ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’ the following: ‘‘or 
section 3320 of this title’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 
2008 (title V of Public Law 110–252). 
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