1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013”.
Servicemembers' Choice in Transition Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
2. Contents of Transition Assistance Program
In general— Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(9) Provide information about disability-related employment and education protections.”
by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and
by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):
“(c) Additional elements of program—The mandatory program carried out under this section shall include—
“(1) for any member who plans to use the member’s entitlement to educational assistance under title 38—
“(A) instruction providing an overview of the use of such entitlement; and
“(B) testing to determine academic readiness for post-secondary education, courses of post-secondary education appropriate for the member, courses of post-secondary education compatible with the member’s education goals, and instruction on how to finance the member’s post-secondary education; and
“(2) instruction in the benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and in other subjects determined by the Secretary concerned.”
Deadline for implementation— The program carried out under section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, shall comply with the requirements of subsections (b)(9) and (c) of such section, as added by subsection (a), by not later than April 1, 2015.
Feasibility study— Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives the results of a study carried out by the Secretary to determine the feasibility of providing the instruction described in subsection (b) of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, at all overseas locations where such instruction is provided by entering into a contract jointly with the Secretary of Labor for the provision of such instruction.