,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdbf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,lamb 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,cisneros7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for modified requirements       
relating to apprenticeship and on-job   
training programs during the ,,covid-#ai
 emergency under the educational        
assistance programs of the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,apprenticeship ,training for ,veterans 
,act4  #b4 ,apprenticeship or on-job    
training requirements  7a7 ,in general  
,during the period described in         
subsection 7b71 subsection 7e7 of       
section #cfhg of title #ch1 ,united     
,states ,code1 shall be applied by      
substituting the following for paragraph
 7#b73  7#b7 7,a7 ,subject to           

subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c71 for any    
month in which an individual fails to   
complete #abj hours of training1 the    
entitlement otherwise chargeable under  
paragraph 7#a7 shall be reduced in the  
same proportion as the monthly training 
assistance allowance payable is reduced 
under subsection 7b77#c74  7,b7 ,in the 
case of an individual who is unemployed 
during any month1 the #abj-;hour        
requirement under subparagraph 7,a7 for 
that month shall be reduced             
proportionately to reflect the          
individual's period of unemployment1    
except that the amount of monthly       
training assistance otherwise payable to
 the individual under subsection 7b77#c7
 shall not be reduced4  7,c7 ,any period
 during which an individual is          
unemployed shall not-- 7i7 be charged   
against any entitlement to educational  
assistance of the individual2 or  7ii7  
be counted against the aggregate period 
for which section #cfie of this title   
limits the receipt of educational       

assistance by such individual4  7,d7    
,any amount by which the entitlement of 
an individual is reduced under          
subparagraph 7,a7 shall not-- 7i7 be    
charged against any entitlement to      
educational assistance of the           
individual2 or  7ii7 be counted against 
the aggregate period for which section  
#cfie of this title limits the receipt  
of educational assistance by such       
individual4  7,e7 ,in the case of an    
individual who fails to complete #abj   
hours of training during a month1 but   
who completed more than #abj hours of   
training during the preceding month1 the
 individual may apply the number of     
hours in excess of #abj that the        
individual completed for that month to  
the month for which the individual      
failed to complete #abj hours4 ,if the  
addition of such excess hours results in
 a total of #abj hours or more1 the     
individual shall be treated as an       
individual who has completed #abj hours 
of training for that month4 ,any excess 

hours applied to a different month under
 this subparagraph may only be applied  
to one such month4  7,f7 ,this paragraph
 applies to amounts described in section
 #ccac7;g77#c77;,b77iv7 and section     
#cjcb7;c77#b7 of this title and section 
#afaca7;d77#b7 of title #aj4  7,g7 ,in  
this paragraph3 7i7 ,the term unemployed
 includes being furloughed or being     
scheduled to work zero hours4  7ii7 ,the
 term fails to complete #abj hours of   
training means1 with respect to an      
individual1 that during any month1 the  
individual completes at least one hour1 
but fewer than #abj hours1 of training1 
including in a case in which the        
individual is unemployed for part of1   
but not the whole1 month4  4  7b7       
,applicability period ,the period       
described in this section is the period 
beginning on ,march #a1 #bjbj1 and      
ending on ,december #ba1 #bjba4