Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-889
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2013-05-07
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

Congressional oversight

Disability and paralysis

Government studies and investigations

Higher education

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-07
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 - Amends provisions concerning the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense (DOD) (employment and job training assistance and related services for members of the Armed Forces being separated from active duty, and for their spouses) to require such Program to include: (1) information about disability-related employment and education protections, (2) instruction in the use of educational assistance entitlements, (3) testing to determine academic readiness for post-secondary education and appropriate courses, (4) instruction on the financing of post-secondary education, and (5) information on benefits provided under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned.</p> <p>Requires the VA Secretary to submit to the congressional veterans committees the results of a study to determine the feasibility of providing veterans' benefits instruction at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided through a joint contract with the Secretary of Labor.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 889 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2013 Mr. Boozman (for himself, Mr. Manchin , Mr. Moran , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013 . 2. Contents of Transition Assistance Program (a) In general Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) Provide information about disability-related employment and education protections. ; (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Additional elements of program The mandatory program carried out under this section shall include— (1) for any member who plans to use the member’s entitlement to educational assistance under title 38— (A) instruction providing an overview of the use of such entitlement; and (B) testing to determine academic readiness for post-secondary education, courses of post-secondary education appropriate for the member, courses of post-secondary education compatible with the member’s education goals, and instruction on how to finance the member’s post-secondary education; and (2) instruction in the benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned. . (b) Deadline for implementation The program carried out under section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, shall comply with the requirements of subsections (b)(9) and (c) of such section, as added by subsection (a), by not later than April 1, 2015. (c) Feasibility study Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of a study carried out by the Secretary to determine the feasibility of providing the instruction described in subsection (b) of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided by entering into a contract jointly with the Secretary of Labor for the provision of such instruction.