VALOR Act

Bill: 115-hr-3949
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2017-10-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs

State and local government operations

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-21
text: Signed by President.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-10-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that the state approving agency for a multi-state non-federal apprenticeship program is: (1) for program approval purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (2) for all other purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the apprenticeship program takes place. </p> </p>

action_date: 2017-11-07
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><b>Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) This bill provides that the state approving agency for a multi-state non-federal apprenticeship program is: (1) for program approval purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (2) for all other purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the apprenticeship program takes place.</p> <p> (Sec. 3) The bill eliminates the requirement that the veteran or other eligible person enrolled in an apprenticeship or other on-job training program must certify such person's program attendance to receive a training assistance allowance.</p> </p>

action_date: 2017-11-15
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 7, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) This bill provides that the state approving agency for a multi-state non-federal apprenticeship program is: (1) for program approval purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (2) for all other purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the apprenticeship program takes place.</p> <p> (Sec. 3) The bill eliminates the requirement that the veteran or other eligible person enrolled in an apprenticeship or other on-job training program must certify such person's program attendance to receive a training assistance allowance.</p> </p>

action_date: 2017-11-21
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on November 7, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><b>Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) This bill provides that the state approving agency for a multi-state non-federal apprenticeship program is: (1) for program approval purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (2) for all other purposes, the state approving agency for the state in which the apprenticeship program takes place.</p> <p> (Sec. 3) The bill eliminates the requirement that the veteran or other eligible person enrolled in an apprenticeship or other on-job training program must certify such person's program attendance to receive a training assistance allowance.</p> </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3949 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2017 Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Arrington , and Mr. O'Rourke ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act . 2. Designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) (A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is— (i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place. (B) In this paragraph, the term multi-State apprenticeship program means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor. .

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3949 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act . 2. Designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) (A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is— (i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place. (B) In this paragraph, the term multi-State apprenticeship program means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor. . 3. Elimination of certain certification requirement for assistance for apprenticeship and other on-job training Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking shall have received— and all that follows through person's certificate, and inserting receives from the training establishment a certification .

Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: I One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen H. R. 3949 AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act . 2. Designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) (A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is— (i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place. (B) In this paragraph, the term multi-State apprenticeship program means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor. . 3. Elimination of certain certification requirement for assistance for apprenticeship and other on-job training Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking shall have received— and all that follows through person's certificate, and inserting receives from the training establishment a certification .

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3949 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 8, 2017 Received AN ACT To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act . 2. Designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) (A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is— (i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place. (B) In this paragraph, the term multi-State apprenticeship program means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor. . 3. Elimination of certain certification requirement for assistance for apprenticeship and other on-job training Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking shall have received— and all that follows through person's certificate, and inserting receives from the training establishment a certification .

Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 294 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3949 [Report No. 115–398] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2017 Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Arrington , and Mr. O'Rourke ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs November 7, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Wenstrup , Mr. Gallagher , Ms. Sinema , and Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York November 7, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 4, 2017 A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs for purposes of the educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act or the VALOR Act . 2. Designation of State approving agencies for multi-State apprenticeship programs Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (1) (A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is— (i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and (ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place. (B) In this paragraph, the term multi-State apprenticeship program means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor. . 3. Elimination of certain certification requirement for assistance for apprenticeship and other on-job training Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking shall have received— and all that follows through person's certificate, and inserting receives from the training establishment a certification .

November 7, 2017 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed