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HR 297 111th Congress House

Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of subsistence allowance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to vetera… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of subsistence allowance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 8, 2009 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Disability and paralysisVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' pensions and compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jan 9, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Jan 8, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 8, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E50)
Jan 8, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 4, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the amount of monthly subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in the veterans' vocational rehabilitation program (a program of training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities).

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran who has reached a point of employability and is participating only in a program of employment services, to pay such veteran a subsistence allowance for three months while the veteran is satisfactorily pursuing such program.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 4
R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jun 2, 2009
Nye, Glenn
· Jan 28, 2009
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Jan 8, 2009
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 8, 2009
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jan 8, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 297: Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-297/
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"H.R. 297: Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-297/.
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H.R. 297, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-297/.
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