Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 966 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 966

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate the vocational
training program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain low-
income veterans in receipt of pension from that Department.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 27, 2003

Mr. Brown of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Smith of
New Jersey, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate the vocational
training program of the Department of Veterans Affairs for certain low-
income veterans in receipt of pension from that Department.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work
Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF VETERANS VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
CERTAIN PENSION RECIPIENTS.

(a) Establishment of New Program Period.--Subsection (a)(3) of
section 1524 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
``the period beginning on February 1, 1985, and ending on December 31,
1995'' and inserting ``the five-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of the Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b)(4) of such section is
amended by striking ``December 31, 1995'' and inserting ``the end of
the program period''.
(c) Outreach.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(f) The Secretary shall ensure that the availability of
vocational training under this section is made known through a variety
of means, including the Internet and announcements in Department
publications and other veterans' publications.''.
(d) Reports.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(g) Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of
the Disabled Veterans' Return-to-Work Act of 2003, and each year
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans'
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the
operation of this section. The report shall set forth an evaluation of
the vocational training provided under this section for the period
involved, and shall include an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of
the vocational training provided under this section as well as data on
the entered-employment rate of veterans pursuing such vocational
training.''.
(e) Stylistic Amendments.--Such section is further amended--
(1) by striking ``of Veterans Affairs'' in subsection
(a)(1); and
(2) by striking ``of this section'' in subsections (a)(2),
(b)(1), (b)(4) (both places it appears), (c), (d), and (e).
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