Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “VR&E Accountability Act”.
VR&E Accountability Act
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of time the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran.
Sec. 2 Limitation on extension of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran
Section 3105(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary”;
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The Secretary may not, under this subsection, extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran so that such period exceeds ninety-six months until after the Secretary—
“(A) determines that extraordinary circumstances apply in the case of such veteran; and
“(B) submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives written notice of such extension and the extraordinary circumstances for such extension.”