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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8426 
To provide for modified requirements relating to apprenticeship and on- 
job training programs during the COVID–19 emergency under the edu-
cational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Mr. LAMB (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for modified requirements relating to apprentice-
ship and on-job training programs during the COVID– 
19 emergency under the educational assistance programs 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Protecting Apprentice-
ship Training for Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP OR ON-JOB TRAINING REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the period described in 
subsection (b), subsection (e) of section 3687 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall be applied by substituting the 
following for paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
for any month in which an individual fails to com-
plete 120 hours of training, the entitlement other-
wise chargeable under paragraph (1) shall be re-
duced in the same proportion as the monthly train-
ing assistance allowance payable is reduced under 
subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(B) In the case of an individual who is unem-
ployed during any month, the 120-hour requirement 
under subparagraph (A) for that month shall be re-
duced proportionately to reflect the individual’s pe-
riod of unemployment, except that the amount of 
monthly training assistance otherwise payable to the 
individual under subsection (b)(3) shall not be re-
duced. 
‘‘(C) Any period during which an individual is 
unemployed shall not— 
‘‘(i) be charged against any entitlement to 
educational assistance of the individual; or 
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‘‘(ii) be counted against the aggregate pe-
riod for which section 3695 of this title limits 
the receipt of educational assistance by such in-
dividual. 
‘‘(D) Any amount by which the entitlement of 
an individual is reduced under subparagraph (A) 
shall not— 
‘‘(i) be charged against any entitlement to 
educational assistance of the individual; or 
‘‘(ii) be counted against the aggregate pe-
riod for which section 3695 of this title limits 
the receipt of educational assistance by such in-
dividual. 
‘‘(E) In the case of an individual who fails to 
complete 120 hours of training during a month, but 
who completed more than 120 hours of training dur-
ing the preceding month, the individual may apply 
the number of hours in excess of 120 that the indi-
vidual completed for that month to the month for 
which the individual failed to complete 120 hours. If 
the addition of such excess hours results in a total 
of 120 hours or more, the individual shall be treated 
as an individual who has completed 120 hours of 
training for that month. Any excess hours applied to 
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a different month under this subparagraph may only 
be applied to one such month. 
‘‘(F) This paragraph applies to amounts de-
scribed in section 3313(g)(3)(B)(iv) and section 
3032(c)(2) of this title and section 16131(d)(2) of 
title 10. 
‘‘(G) In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘unemployed’ includes being 
furloughed or being scheduled to work zero 
hours. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘fails to complete 120 hours 
of training’ means, with respect to an indi-
vidual, that during any month, the individual 
completes at least one hour, but fewer than 120 
hours, of training, including in a case in which 
the individual is unemployed for part of, but 
not the whole, month.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY PERIOD.—The period described 
in this section is the period beginning on March 1, 2020, 
and ending on December 21, 2021. 
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