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 ‘‘Blinded Veterans 
Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF STANDARD OF VISUAL ACUITY 
REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIALLY 
ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 
BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101(b)(2)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5/200 visual 
acuity or less’’ and inserting ‘‘20/200 best corrected visual 
acuity or less or a peripheral field of 20 degrees or less’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to specially adapted 
housing assistance provided on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Housing, Employment, and Living Programs for Veterans 
Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘HELP Veterans Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States Code. 
Sec. 3. Modification of standard of visual acuity required for eligibility for spe-
cially adapted housing assistance provided by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs. 
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Sec. 4. Authorities regarding housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
Sec. 5. Reauthorization and improvement of Department of Veterans Affairs 
small business loan program. 
Sec. 6. Assistance for flight training. 
Sec. 7. Seven-year increase in amount of assistance for individuals pursuing in-
ternships or on-job training. 
Sec. 8. Extension of authority for certain qualifying work-study activities for 
purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 9. Expansion of work-study allowance to include certain outreach services 
conducted through congressional offices. 
Sec. 10. Temporary reduction of required amount of wages for on-the-job training 
programs. 
Sec. 11. Reauthorization of Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education. 
Sec. 12. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegra-
tion grant program. 
Sec. 13. Technology review and grant program. 
Sec. 14. Child care; President’s Budget. 
Sec. 15. Increase in amount of reporting fee payable to educational institutions 
that enroll veterans receiving educational assistance. 
Sec. 16. Modification of advance payment of initial educational assistance or sub-
sistence allowance. 
Sec. 17. Increase in amount of subsistence allowance payable to veterans partici-
pating in vocational rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 18. Expansion of availability of employment assistance allowance for vet-
erans using employment services. 
Sec. 19. Promoting jobs for service-disabled veterans teaching in rural areas. 
Sec. 20. Promoting jobs for veterans through the establishment of an internship 
program. 
Sec. 21. Promoting jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by 
Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the con-
tracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs for small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans. 
Sec. 22. Veterans entrepreneurial development summit. 
Sec. 23. Increase in the maximum amount of specially adapted housing assist-
ance authorized to be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
Sec. 24. Department of Veterans Affairs housing loans for construction of energy 
efficient dwellings. 
Sec. 25. Pilot program on specially adapted housing assistance for veterans resid-
ing temporarily in housing owned by a family member. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provi-
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sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section 
or other provision of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF STANDARD OF VISUAL ACUITY 
REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIALLY 
ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 
BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2101(b)(2)(A) is amended 
by striking ‘‘with 5/200’’ and all that follows through the 
period and inserting the following: ‘‘with central visual 
acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with the use of 
standard correcting lenses (for purposes of this subpara-
graph, an eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the 
fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual 
field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees shall be 
treated as having a central visual acuity of 20/200 or 
less).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to specially adapted 
housing assistance provided on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORITIES REGARDING HOUSING LOANS GUAR-
ANTEED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) COVENANTS AND LIENS IN RESPONSE TO DIS-
ASTER-RELIEF ASSISTANCE.—Paragraph (3) of section 
3703(d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) Any real estate housing loan (other than for 
repairs, alterations, or improvements) shall be secured by 
a first lien on the realty. In determining whether a loan 
is so secured, the Secretary may either disregard or allow 
for subordination to a superior lien that— 
‘‘(i) is created by a duly recorded covenant run-
ning with the realty in favor of— 
‘‘(I) a public entity that provides assistance 
in response to a major disaster as determined by 
the President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) a private entity to secure an obliga-
tion to such entity for the homeowner’s share of 
the costs of the management, operation, or main-
tenance of property, services, or programs within 
and for the benefit of the development or commu-
nity in which the veteran’s realty is located; and 
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‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines will not prejudice 
the interests of the veteran borrower and of the Gov-
ernment by the operation of such a covenant. 
‘‘(B) In respect to a superior lien described by sub-
paragraph (A) that is created after June 6, 1969, the Sec-
retary’s determination must have been made prior to the 
recordation of the covenant.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO POOL LOANS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 3720(h) is amended by striking 
‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SMALL 
BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 37 is amended by 
striking section 3751. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3751. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3749 is 
amended by striking subsection (e). 
(b) EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
LOANS.—Chapter 37 is further amended— 
(1) in section 3741— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘this subchapter—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘ ‘disabled veteran’ ’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this subchapter, the term ‘disabled vet-
eran’ ’’; and 
(2) in section 3742(a)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘vet-
erans of the Vietnam era or’’. 
(c) REPEAL
OF
AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
DIRECT 
LOANS.—Chapter 37, as amended by subsections (a) and 
(b), is further amended— 
(1) in section 3742— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(A) 
loan guaranties, or (B) direct loans’’ and 
inserting ‘‘loan guaranties’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
‘‘and that at least 51 percent of a business 
concern must be owned by disabled veterans 
in order for such concern to qualify for a 
direct loan’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and re-
designating paragraphs (2) through (4) as 
paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; 
and 
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(ii) in paragraph (2), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘make or’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘made 
or’’; 
(D) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘make or’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) in the first sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘or, if the loan was a direct loan 
made by the Secretary, may suspend 
such obligation’’; and 
(II) in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘or while such obligation is 
suspended’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or suspend’’ each 
place it appears; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘or suspension’’ each 
place it appears; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘or suspends’’ each 
place it appears; and 
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(v) by striking ‘‘or suspended’’ each 
place it appears; 
(2) in section 3743— 
(A) by striking ‘‘that is provided a direct 
loan under this subchapter, or’’; 
(B) by striking the comma between ‘‘sub-
chapter’’ and ‘‘shall’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘direct or’’; and 
(D) by striking ‘‘for the amount of such di-
rect loan or, in the case of a guaranteed loan,’’; 
(3) in section 3746, by striking ‘‘made or’’ both 
places it appears; 
(4) in section 3749(b), by striking ‘‘and direct 
loan’’; and 
(5) in section 3750, by striking ‘‘made or’’. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.—Sec-
tion 3742, as amended by subsection (c), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall enter into a contract with an 
appropriate entity for the purpose of carrying out the pro-
gram under this subchapter.’’. 
(e) LOAN FEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 37 is further amend-
ed by inserting after section 3749 the following new 
section: 
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‘‘§ 3749A. Loan Fee 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
OF FEE.—(1) The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) collect a fee from each veterans’ small busi-
ness concern obtaining a loan guaranteed under this 
subchapter; and 
‘‘(B) deposit such fee in the fund established 
under section 3749 of this title. 
‘‘(2) No loan may be guaranteed under this subchapter 
until the fee payable under this section has been remitted 
to the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The fee may be included in the loan guaranteed 
under this subchapter and paid from the proceeds thereof. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF FEE.—The amount of the fee 
shall be an amount necessary to ensure the solvency of the 
fund established under section 3749 of this title, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 3749 the 
following new item: 
‘‘3749A. Loan fee.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 3749(c) is amended by inserting ‘‘, fees col-
lected under section 3749A of this title,’’ after ‘‘prin-
cipal and interest’’. 
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SEC. 6. ASSISTANCE FOR FLIGHT TRAINING. 
Subsection (e)(1) of section 3032 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘60 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’. 
SEC. 7. SEVEN-YEAR INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE 
FOR INDIVIDUALS PURSUING INTERNSHIPS 
OR ON-JOB TRAINING. 
During the seven-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall apply— 
(1) section 3032(c)(1) of title 38, United States 
Code— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by substituting 
‘‘80 percent’’ for ‘‘75 percent’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by substituting 
‘‘60 percent’’ for ‘‘55 percent’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by substituting 
‘‘40 percent’’ for ‘‘35 percent’’; 
(2) section 3233(a) of such title— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by substituting ‘‘80 
percent’’ for ‘‘75 percent’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by substituting ‘‘60 
percent’’ for ‘‘55 percent’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by substituting ‘‘40 
percent’’ for ‘‘35 percent’’; 
(3) section 3687(b)(2) of such title— 
(A) by substituting ‘‘$603’’ for ‘‘$574’’; 
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(B) by substituting ‘‘$450’’ for ‘‘$429’’; and 
(C) by substituting ‘‘$299’’ for ‘‘$285’’; and 
(4) section 16131(d)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by substituting 
‘‘80 percent’’ for ‘‘75 percent’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by substituting 
‘‘60 percent’’ for ‘‘55 percent’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by substituting 
‘‘40 percent’’ for ‘‘35 percent’’. 
SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN QUALI-
FYING WORK-STUDY ACTIVITIES FOR PUR-
POSES OF THE EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
Paragraph (4) of section 3485(a) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘June 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 9. EXPANSION OF WORK-STUDY ALLOWANCE TO IN-
CLUDE CERTAIN OUTREACH SERVICES CON-
DUCTED 
THROUGH 
CONGRESSIONAL 
OF-
FICES. 
Section 3485(a)(4) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(G) The following activities carried out at the 
offices of Members of Congress for such Members: 
‘‘(i) The distribution of information to 
members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and 
their dependents about the benefits and services 
under laws administered by the Secretary and 
other appropriate governmental and non-govern-
mental programs. 
‘‘(ii) 
The 
provision 
of 
assistance 
in 
ascertaining the status of claims (including ap-
peals) for benefits under laws administered by 
the Secretary, as well as other constituent serv-
ices for veterans as the Secretary determines ap-
propriate.’’. 
SEC. 10. TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF REQUIRED AMOUNT 
OF WAGES FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) 
REDUCING
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
3677(b)(1)(A)(ii) is amended by striking ‘‘85 per cen-
tum’’ and inserting ‘‘60 percent’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2010, 
and shall apply to a veteran who enrolls in a pro-
gram of training on the job approved under section 
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3677 of title 38, United States Code, on or after such 
date. 
(b) SUNSET.— 
(1) REVERSION.—Effective October 1, 2013, sec-
tion 3677(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such title, as amended by 
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking 
‘‘60 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘85 percent’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply to a veteran who enrolls in 
a program of training on the job approved under sec-
tion 3677 of title 38, United States Code, on or after 
October 1, 2013. 
(c) GAO REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2013, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the effects of eliminating the requirement under section 
3677(b)(1)(A)(ii) of title 38, United States Code, for a pri-
vate employer to provide wage increases to veterans enrolled 
in a program of training on the job approved under section 
3677 of such title. 
SEC. 11. REAUTHORIZATION OF VETERANS’ ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON EDUCATION. 
Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
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SEC. 12. HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS 
VETERANS WITH CHILDREN REINTEGRATION 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Chapter 20 is amended by in-
serting after section 2021 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless vet-
erans with children reintegration grant 
program 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of Labor 
shall make grants to programs and facilities that the Sec-
retary determines provide dedicated services for homeless 
women veterans and homeless veterans with children. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section shall 
be used to provide job training, counseling, placement serv-
ices (including job readiness and literacy and skills train-
ing) and child care services to expedite the reintegration 
of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with 
children into the labor force. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF 
FUNDS.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall collect such in-
formation as that Secretary considers appropriate to mon-
itor and evaluate the distribution and expenditure of funds 
appropriated to carry out this section. The information 
shall include data with respect to the results or outcomes 
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of the services provided to each homeless veteran under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) Information under paragraph (1) shall be fur-
nished in such form and manner as the Secretary of Labor 
may specify. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH
THE
ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND 
TRAINING.—The Secretary of Labor shall carry out this sec-
tion through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ 
Employment and Training. 
‘‘(e) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
of Labor shall include as part of the report required under 
section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the grant pro-
gram under this section, which shall include an evaluation 
of services furnished to veterans under this section and an 
analysis of the information collected under subsection (c). 
‘‘(f) APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—(1) In addition to any 
amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 
2021 of this title, there is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2011 through 2016. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section shall 
remain available until expended. Funds obligated in any 
fiscal year to carry out this section may be expended in 
that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2021 the following new item: 
‘‘2021A. Homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegra-
tion grant program.’’. 
SEC. 13. TECHNOLOGY REVIEW AND GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) REVIEW
AND
EVALUATION
OF
NEW
TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
a team of individuals from appropriate disciplines to be 
responsible for reviewing new technologies, processes, and 
products and for determining which such technologies, proc-
esses, and products may be beneficial to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs or to the veterans served by the Depart-
ment. Upon completion of the review under this subsection, 
the team shall submit the review to the Secretary, who shall 
disseminate the review within the Department, as appro-
priate. 
(b) SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECH-
NOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2108. Specially adapted housing assistive tech-
nology grant program 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary 
shall make grants to encourage the development of new as-
sistive technologies for specially adapted housing. 
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—A person or entity seeking a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
application for the grant in such form and manner as the 
Secretary shall specify. 
‘‘(c) GRANT FUNDS.—Each grant awarded under this 
section shall be in an amount of not more than $250,000 
per year. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—The recipient of a grant under 
this section shall use the grant to develop assistive tech-
nologies for use in specially adapted housing. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 1 of each year 
following a year in which the Secretary makes a grant, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing in-
formation related to each grant awarded under this section 
during the preceding calendar year, including— 
‘‘(1) the name of the grant recipient; 
‘‘(2) the amount of the grant; and 
‘‘(3) the goal of the grant. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—From amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Department for each fiscal year for which 
the Secretary is authorized to make a grant under this sec-
tion, $1,500,000 shall be available for that fiscal year for 
the purposes of the program under this section. 
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‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—The authority to make a grant 
under this section shall terminate on the date that is five 
years after the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2108. Specially adapted housing assistive technology grant program.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall begin making grants under section 
2108 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
paragraph (1), by not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 14. CHILD CARE; PRESIDENT’S BUDGET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 31 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-
retary shall provide reimbursements for the actual cost of 
child care provided by a licensed provider to a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(1) is participating in a vocational rehabilita-
tion program under this chapter; 
‘‘(2) is the sole caretaker of a child; and 
‘‘(3) would not otherwise be able to afford such 
child care. 
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‘‘(b) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—The amount of the re-
imbursement for the actual cost for child care under this 
section shall be not more than $2,000 per month for each 
month the veteran is participating in a vocational rehabili-
tation 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 submis-
sion— 
‘‘(A) the percentage of veterans receiving as-
sistance under this chapter who became em-
ployed; and 
‘‘(B) the percentage of veterans receiving as-
sistance under this chapter who achieved inde-
pendence in daily living. 
‘‘(2) Any changes made by the Secretary in 
measuring or calculating the performance of the de-
partment under this chapter.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘3123. Child care assistance for single parents. 
‘‘3124. Information included in support of President’s budget.’’. 
SEC. 15. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF REPORTING FEE PAY-
ABLE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT 
ENROLL 
VETERANS 
RECEIVING 
EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF FEE.—Subsection (c) of 
section 3684 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$7’’ and inserting ‘‘$16’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$11’’ and inserting ‘‘$16’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (a) of such 
section is amended by striking the second comma after 
‘‘34’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall take effect on January 1, 2011. 
SEC. 16. MODIFICATION OF ADVANCE PAYMENT OF INITIAL 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE OR SUBSISTENCE 
ALLOWANCE. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 3680(d)(2) is amended 
by inserting after the third sentence the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For purposes of the entitlement to educational as-
sistance of the veteran or person receiving an advance pay-
ment under this subsection, the advance payment shall be 
charged against the final month of the entitlement of the 
person or veteran and, if necessary, the penultimate such 
month. In no event may any veteran or person receive more 
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than one advance payment under this subsection during 
any academic year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to an advance payment 
of educational assistance made on or after September 1, 
2010. 
SEC. 17. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF SUBSISTENCE ALLOW-
ANCE 
PAYABLE 
TO 
VETERANS 
PARTICI-
PATING IN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) INCREASE IN SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.—Section 
3108(b)(1) is amended by striking the table and inserting 
the following new table: 
‘‘Column 
I 
Column 
II 
Column 
III 
Column 
IV 
Column V 
Type of 
program 
No 
dependents 
One 
depend-
ent 
Two 
dependents 
More than 
two dependents 
..........................
..................
................
..................
The amount in column 
IV, plus the following for 
each dependent in excess 
of two: 
Full-time .........
$576.01 
$714.50 
$841.98 
$61.37 
Three-quarter 
time.
$432.80 
$536.65 
$629.50 
$47.19 
Half-time ........
$289.59 
$358.81 
$421.77 
$31.49’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a payment made for 
the third month beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and each subsequent month. 
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SEC. 18. EXPANSION OF AVAILABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT AS-
SISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS USING 
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. 
Paragraph (2) of section 3108(a) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a veteran with a service-connected 
disability who the Secretary determines has reached a point 
of employability and who is participating only in a pro-
gram of employment services provided under section 
3104(a)(5) of this title, the Secretary shall pay the veteran 
a subsistence allowance as prescribed in this section for 
three months while the veteran is satisfactorily pursuing 
such program.’’. 
SEC. 19. PROMOTING JOBS FOR SERVICE-DISABLED VET-
ERANS TEACHING IN RURAL AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3698. Assistance allowance for rural veteran teach-
ers 
‘‘(a) REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.—The Sec-
retary may pay to a rural veteran teacher a monthly assist-
ance allowance of $500. 
‘‘(b) DURATION.—The aggregate period for which the 
Secretary may pay a rural veteran teacher a monthly as-
sistance allowance under subsection (a) may not exceed 24 
months. 
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‘‘(c) RURAL VETERAN TEACHER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘rural veteran teacher’ means a veteran 
who— 
‘‘(1) is discharged from service in the Armed 
Forces under honorable conditions; 
‘‘(2) is employed to teach full-time at an accred-
ited elementary or secondary school that is located in 
a rural area (as determined by the Bureau of the 
Census); 
‘‘(3) on the date on which the veteran applies for 
a monthly assistance allowance under subsection (a), 
is enrolled in an accredited course leading to certifi-
cation as a teacher; 
‘‘(4) has not been previously employed to teach 
full-time at an accredited elementary or secondary 
school; and 
‘‘(5) is entitled to compensation under section 
1110 of this title. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year there-
after.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 3697A the following new item: 
‘‘3698. Assistance allowance for rural veteran teachers.’’. 
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