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and in student services (including positions in career cen-
ters and financial aid, campus orientation, cashiers, ad-
missions, records, and registration offices). 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue regula-
tions to carry out the pilot project under this section, in-
cluding regulations providing for the supervision of 
workstudy positions referred to in subsection (a) by appro-
priate personnel of the Department. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
to carry out the pilot project under this section. 
(e) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, this section shall not be carried out with any funds 
provided for or under any authority of the Readjustment 
benefits program described by the list of Appropriated En-
titlements and Mandatories for Fiscal Year 1997 con-
tained in the Conference Report to accompany H.R. 2015 
of the 105th Congress, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
(H. Report 105-217). Instead, no funds shall be obligated 
for the purpose of carrying out this section except discre-
tionary funds appropriated specifically for the purpose of 
carrying out this section in appropriation Acts enacted 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 4. MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY TRANSITION 
(MOST) PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 36 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3687 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3687A. Military occupational specialty transition 
(MOST) program 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT; ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary shall carry out a 
program of training to provide eligible veterans with 
skills relevant to the job market. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE VETERAN.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible veteran’ means any vet-
eran if— 
‘‘(A) such veteran’s military occupational 
specialty at the time of discharge is determined 
by the Secretary to have limited transferability 
to the civilian job market; 
‘‘(B) such veteran is not otherwise eligible 
for education or training services under this 
title; 
‘‘(C) such veteran has not acquired a mar-
ketable skill since leaving military service; 
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‘‘(D) such veteran was discharged under 
conditions not less than general under honor-
able conditions; and 
‘‘(E)(i) such veteran has been unemployed 
for at least 90 of the 180 days 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. 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(B) the employer providing the program 
will hire the veteran at the completion of train-
ing. 
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter into con-
tracts with employers to provide programs of ap-
prenticeship or on-the-job training which meet the 
requirements of this section. Such contract shall pro-
vide for the payment of the amounts described in 
subsection (b) to employers whose programs meet 
such requirements. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
OF
PAYMENTS.—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) AMOUNT AND DURATION OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) the amount paid under this sec-
tion with respect to a veteran participating 
in the program established under this sec-
tion may not exceed $20,000 in the aggre-
gate and $1,666.67 per month; and 
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‘‘(ii) such payments may only be made 
during the first 12 months of such vet-
eran’s participation in the program. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS PARTICIPATING ON LESS 
THAN FULL-TIME BASIS.—In the case of a vet-
eran participating in the program on a less 
than full-time basis, the Secretary may extend 
the number of months of payments under sub-
paragraph (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 MADE ON QUARTERLY BASIS.— 
Payments under this section shall be made on a 
quarterly basis. 
‘‘(5) EMPLOYER REPORT.—Each employer pro-
viding a program of apprenticeship or on-the-job 
training pursuant to this section shall submit to the 
Secretary on a quarterly basis a report certifying the 
wages paid to eligible veterans under such program 
(which shall be certified by the veteran as being cor-
rect) and containing such other information as the 
Secretary may specify. Such report shall be sub-
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mitted in the form and manner required by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(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’’. 
(3) Subsection (d)(1) of section 3672 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 3687’’ and inserting ‘‘3687, 
and 3687A’’. 
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(4) Paragraph (3) of section 4102A(b) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 3687’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 3687 or 3687A’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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