(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 
striking ‘‘June 30, 2010’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘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: 
‘‘(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-gov-
ernmental 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 
appropriate.’’. 
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 
centum’’ 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 
program of training on the job approved under sec-
tion 3677 of title 38, United States Code, on or 
after such date. 
(b) SUNSET.— 
(1) REVERSION.—Effective October 1, 2013, 
section 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 
section 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
private employer to provide wage increases to veterans en-
rolled in a program of training on the job approved under 
section 3677 of such title. 
SEC. 11. REAUTHORIZATION OF VETERANS’ ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. 
Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
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 
veterans 
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 Secretary determines provide dedicated services for 
homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with chil-
dren. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section 
shall be used to provide job training, counseling, place-
ment services (including job readiness and literacy and 
skills training) and child care services to expedite the re-
integration of homeless women veterans and homeless vet-
erans 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 
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 section through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans’ Employment and Training. 
‘‘(e) BIENNIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary of Labor shall include as part of the report required 
under section 2021(d) of this title an evaluation of the 
grant program under this section, which shall include an 
evaluation of services furnished to veterans under this sec-
tion 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.’’. 
(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 re-
integration grant program.’’. 
SEC. 13. TECHNOLOGY REVIEW AND GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) REVIEW
AND EVALUATION
OF NEW TECH-
NOLOGY.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall estab-
lish a team of individuals from appropriate disciplines to 
be responsible for reviewing new technologies, processes, 
and products and for determining which such technologies, 
processes, and products may be beneficial to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs or to the veterans served by the 
Department. Upon completion of the review under this 
subsection, the team shall submit the review to the Sec-