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Veterans Earn and Learn Act

Introduced: June 15, 2004 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 8, 2004
See S.2486.
Jun 25, 2004
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 334.
Jun 25, 2004
Committee on Armed Services discharged.
Jun 25, 2004
House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 25, 2004.
Jun 25, 2004
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 108-572, Part I.
May 19, 2004
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
May 19, 2004
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 13, 2004
Subcommittee on Benefits Discharged.
May 13, 2004
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 30, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 28, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Apr 28, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Apr 24, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Apr 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E752-753)
Apr 10, 2003
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.
Apr 10, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans Earn and Learn Act - Adjusts the Montgomery GI Bill veterans' educational assistance entitlement charges for each month that an eligible veteran is paid a job training assistance allowance through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Increases such charge for any month in which the veteran fails to complete 120 hours of such training.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a lump-sum incentive payment to an individual who successfully completes a full-time program of job apprenticeship before his or her assistance allowance is exhausted, under the educational assistance programs for: (1) the post-Vietnam era; (2) survivors and dependents; and (3) the Selected Reserve.

Increases the assistance payable under such programs for each month in which an individual pursuing a full-time program of apprenticeship or other on-job training is also enrolled in a course of classroom instruction related to such training.

Directs the Secretary, when determining the period of a competency-based program of apprenticeship, to consider the approximate program term in registered apprenticeship program standards recognized by the Secretary of Labor.

Requires the sponsor of any job training to notify the Secretary upon the successful completion of that program by the veteran or other eligible person.

Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program of up to three years for training Department employees to become qualified adjudicators of claims for veterans' compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to furnish to the Secretary, at the time of a member's discharge, pertinent information concerning each registered apprenticeship pursued by such member during his or her service.

What's happening now August 8, 2004

See S.2486.

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  • HR 4065 Procedurally related Veterans Housing Affordability Act of 2004
  • HR 4172 Procedurally related To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify certain additional diseases as establishing a presumption of service-c…
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  • S 2486 Procedurally related Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004
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