I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4079 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove the requirement 
for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in on-the-job train-
ing programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2009 
Mr. PERRIELLO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily re-
move the requirement for employers to increase wages 
for veterans enrolled in on-the-job training programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMOVING REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYERS 
TO INCREASE WAGES FOR VETERANS EN-
ROLLED 
IN 
ON-THE-JOB 
TRAINING 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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(1) REMOVING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (b) 
of section 3677 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) The training establishment offering training 
which is desired to be approved for the purposes of this 
chapter must submit to the appropriate State approving 
agency a written application for approval which, in addi-
tion to furnishing such information as is required by the 
State approving agency, contains a certification that— 
‘‘(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran 
or person upon entrance into training, are not less 
than wages paid nonveterans in the same training 
position and are at least 50 per centum of the wages 
paid for the job for which the veteran or person is 
to be trained; and 
‘‘(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job 
for which the eligible veteran or person is to be 
trained will be available to the veteran or person at 
the end of the training period. 
‘‘(2) The requirement for certification under para-
graph (1) shall not apply to training described in section 
3452(e)(2) of this title.’’. 
(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 
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program of training on the job approved under sec-
tion 3677 of title 38, United States Code, on or 
after such date. 
(3) SUNSET.—Effective October 1, 2015, sub-
section (b) of such section, as amended by para-
graph (1) of this section, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b)(1) The training establishment offering training 
which is desired to be approved for the purposes of this 
chapter must submit to the appropriate State approving 
agency a written application for approval which, in addi-
tion to furnishing such information as is required by the 
State approving agency, contains a certification that— 
‘‘(A) the wages to be paid the eligible veteran 
or person (i) upon entrance into training, are not 
less than wages paid nonveterans in the same train-
ing position and are at least 50 per centum of the 
wages paid for the job for which the veteran or per-
son is to be trained, and (ii) such wages will be in-
creased in regular periodic increments until, not 
later than the last full month of the training period, 
they will be at least 85 per centum of the wages paid 
for the job for which such eligible veteran or person 
is being trained; and 
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‘‘(B) there is reasonable certainty that the job 
for which the eligible veteran or person is to be 
trained will be available to the veteran or person at 
the end of the training period. 
‘‘(2) The requirement under paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 
shall not apply with respect to a training establishment 
operated by the United States or by a State or local gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) The requirement for certification under para-
graph (1) shall not apply to training described in section 
3452(e)(2) of this title.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs 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 removing the requirement for a private 
employer to provide wage increases to veterans enrolled 
in a program of training on the job approved under section 
3677 of title 38, United States Code. 
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