VET TEC Expansion Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5766 To amend the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 to expand eligibility for high technology programs of education and the class of providers who may enter into contracts with the Sec- retary of Veterans Affairs to provide such programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 5, 2020 Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational As- sistance Act of 2017 to expand eligibility for high tech- nology programs of education and the class of providers who may enter into contracts with the Secretary of Vet- erans Affairs to provide such programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Employment 4 Through Technology Education Courses Expansion Act’’ 5 or the ‘‘VET TEC Expansion Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5766.IH H5766 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5766 IH SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBLE CLASS OF PROVIDERS OF 1 HIGH TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS OF EDU- 2 CATION FOR VETERANS. 3 Section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Edu- 4 cational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48; 38 5 U.S.C. 3001 (note)) is amended— 6 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 7 ‘‘The Secretary shall treat an individual as an eligi- 8 ble veteran if the Secretary determines that the indi- 9 vidual shall become an eligible veteran fewer than 10 180 days after the date of such determination.’’; 11 (2) in subsection (c)(3)— 12 (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 13 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 14 and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec- 15 tively; 16 (3) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 17 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(not including an indi- 18 vidual described in the second sentence of subsection 19 (b))’’ after ‘‘each eligible veteran’’; 20 (4) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 21 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including a part-time 22 program shorter than six months in duration,’’ after 23 ‘‘means a program of education’’; and 24 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub- 25 section (i): 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5766.IH H5766 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5766 IH ‘‘(i) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACCOUNTING OF AS- 1 SISTANCE.—The Secretary may not consider enrollment in 2 a high technology program of education under this section 3 to be assistance under a provision of law referred to in 4 section 3695 of title 38, United States Code.’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Feb 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5766.IH H5766 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with BILLS