,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,r4 #cidi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #h1  
#bjag,received  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend   
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
provide for the designation of ,state   
approving agencies for multi-,state     
apprenticeship programs for purposes of 
the educational assistance programs of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,veterans ,apprenticeship and   
,labor ,opportunity ,reform ,act or the 
,,valor ,act4  #b4 ,designation of      
,state approving agencies for           
multi-,state apprenticeship programs    
,paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7c7 of    
section #cfgb of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  7#a7  7,a7 ,the ,state        
approving agency for a multi-,state     
apprenticeship program is-- 7i7 for     
purposes of approval of the program1 the
 ,state approving agency for the ,state 
in which the headquarters of the        

apprenticeship program is located2 and  
7ii7 for all other purposes1 the ,state 
approving agency for the ,state in which
 the apprenticeship program takes place4
  7,b7 ,in this paragraph1 the term     
multi-,state apprenticeship program     
means a non-,federal apprenticeship     
program operating in more than one      
,state that meets the minimum national  
program standards1 as developed by the  
,department of ,labor4  4  #c4          
,elimination of certain certification   
requirement for assistance for          
apprenticeship and other on-job training
 ,section #cfhj7;c7 of title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking shall have received-- and all  
that follows through person's           
certificate1 and inserting receives from
 the training establishment a           
certification4  ,passed the ,house of   
,representatives ,november #g1          
#bjag4,karen ,l4 ,haas1,clerk4