I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2928 
To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide for an apprenticeship 
and on-job training program under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational 
Assistance Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Mr. PERRIELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United State Code, to provide for an 
apprenticeship and on-job training program under the 
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB TRAINING 
UNDER POST-9/11 VETERANS EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) APPRENTICESHIPS AND ON-JOB.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3319 the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 3320. Apprenticeships and on-job training 
‘‘(a) MONTHLY BENEFIT.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b) of this section, the amount of the monthly 
benefit payment to an individual pursuing a full-time pro-
gram 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, 85 percent of the 
amount equal to the national average cost of tuition 
at an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(2) for each of the second six months of the 
individual’s pursuit of such program, 65 percent of 
such amount; and 
‘‘(3) for each of the months following the first 
12 months of the individual’s pursuit of such pro-
gram, 45 percent of such amountt. 
‘‘(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 
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. 
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‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Any payment under this section is in addition to 
any other educational assistance to which an individual is 
entitled under this chapter.’’. 
(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 
‘‘(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 
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