Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Expansion Act” or the “VET TEC Expansion Act”.
Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses Expansion Act
A BILL
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 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide such programs, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Expansion of eligible class of providers of high technology programs of education for veterans
Section 116 of the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48; 38 U.S.C. 3001 (note)) is amended—
in subsection (b), by adding at the end “The Secretary shall treat an individual as an eligible veteran if the Secretary determines that the individual shall become an eligible veteran fewer than 180 days after the date of such determination.”;
in subsection (c)(3)—
by striking subparagraph (A); and
by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “(not including an individual described in the second sentence of subsection (b))” after “each eligible veteran”;
in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “, including a part-time program shorter than six months in duration,” after “means a program of education”; and
by adding at the end the following new subsection (i):
“(i) Prohibition on certain accounting of assistance—The Secretary may not consider enrollment in a high technology program of education under this section to be assistance under a provision of law referred to in section 3695 of title 38, United States Code.”