115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses.
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
To extend the pilot program on off-base transition training for veterans and spouses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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”.
SEC. 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(c) Conforming repeal.—Subsection (f) of such section is repealed.