HR 297
111th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Disability and paralysis
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009
Introduced: January 8, 2009
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Introduced
In committee
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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