,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,mc,carthy 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,khanna7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,harry ,w4        
,colmery ,veterans ,educational         
,assistance ,act of #bjag 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 programs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,veteran ,employment
 ,through ,technology ,education        
,courses ,expansion ,act or the ,,vet   
,,tec ,expansion ,act4  #b4 ,expansion  
of eligible class of providers of high  
technology programs of education for    
veterans ,section #aaf of the ,harry ,w4
 ,colmery ,veterans ,educational        
,assistance ,act of #bjag 7,public ,law 

#aae-dh2 #ch ,u4,s4,c4 #cjja 7note77 is 
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7b71 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 #ahj days   
after the date of such determination42  
7#b7 in subsection 7c77#c7-- 7,a7 by    
striking subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,b7 by
 redesignating subparagraphs 7,b7 and   
7,c7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71    
respectively2  7#c7 in subsection 7d71  
in the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 
by inserting 7not including an          
individual described in the second      
sentence of subsection 7b77 after each  
eligible veteran2  7#d7 in subsection   
7e71 in the matter preceding paragraph  
7#a71 by inserting 1 including a        
part-time program shorter than six      
months in duration1 after means a       
program of education2 and  7#e7 by      
adding at the end the following new     
subsection 7i73  7i7 ,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 #cfie of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  4