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Title I — Renewing our vow to hire heroes

S. 6 · 113th Congress · Jan 22, 2013 · Lineage

I Renewing our vow to hire heroes

Sec. 101 Reauthorization of veterans retraining assistance program

(a)
Extension— Subsection (k) of section 211 of the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–56; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) is amended by striking “March 31, 2014” and inserting “March 31, 2016”.
(b)
Number of eligible veterans— Subsection (a)(2) of such section is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “and” at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

“(C) 50,000 during the period beginning April 1, 2014, and ending March 31, 2015; and

“(D) 50,000 during the period beginning April 1, 2015, and ending March 31, 2016.”

(c)
Clarification of limitation on aggregate amount of assistance— Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking “up to 12 months of retraining assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs” and inserting “an aggregate of not more than 12 months of retraining assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this section”.

Sec. 102 Extension of authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of Armed Forces with severe injuries or illnesses

(a)
In general— Section 1631(b)(2) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended by striking “December 31, 2014” and inserting “December 31, 2016”.
(b)
Report—
(1)
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the benefits provided by the Secretary under section 1631(b) of such Act.
(2)
Appropriate committees of congress— In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means—
(A)
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(B)
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.

Sec. 103 Extension of additional rehabilitation programs for persons who have exhausted rights to unemployment benefits under State law

Section 3102(b)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking “March 31, 2014” and inserting “March 31, 2016”.

Sec. 104 Reauthorization of collaborative veterans' training, mentoring, and placement program

Subsection (e) of section 4104A of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(e) Authorization of appropriations—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section amounts as follows:

“(1) $4,500,000 for the period consisting of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

“(2) $4,500,000 for the period consisting of fiscal years 2014 and 2015.”