Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-4835
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-18
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-01-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act or the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 to extend and expand the pilot program to provide transition training to veterans and their spouses off base.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4835 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2018 Ms. Esty of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. Poe of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act or the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act . 2. Pilot program for off-base transition training for veterans and spouses (a) Extension of pilot program Subsection (a) of section 301 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–260 ; 10 U.S.C. 1144 note) is amended— (1) by striking During the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the and inserting During the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act, the ; and (2) by striking to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing such program to eligible individuals at locations other than military installations . (b) Locations Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking not less than three and not more than five States and inserting not less than 50 locations in States (as defined in section 101(20) of title 38, United States Code) ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking at least two and inserting at least 20 . (c) Conforming repeal Subsection (f) of such section is repealed.