,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcgc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,ms4 
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to make          
modifications to the educational        
assistance programs of the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs relating to       
apprenticeship and on-job training for  
participants who become unemployed1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,modifications 
to veterans educational assistance      
relating to apprenticeship or on-job    
training requirements and unemployment  
7a7 ,in general ,paragraph 7#b7 of      
subsection 7e7 of section #cfhg of title
 #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
to read as follows3  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 unemployed1
 the requirement under subparagraph 7,a7
 shall not apply during the shorter of  
the following periods3 7i7 ,the period  
the individual is unemployed4  7ii7 ,the
 #abj-;day period beginning on the date 
on which the individual becomes         
unemployed4  7,c7 ,any period during    
which subparagraph 7,a7 does not apply  
by reason of subparagraph 7,b7 shall    
not-- 7i7 be counted for purposes of    
section #cfie of this title2 or  7ii7   
result in a reduction in the amount of  
monthly training assistance payable to  
the individual pursuant to subsection   
7b77#c74  7,d7 ,the period for which1 by
 reason of subparagraph 7,b71           
educational assistance is not charged   
against entitlement or counted toward   
the applicable aggregate period under   

section #cfie of this title shall not   
exceed the aggregate of-- 7i7 the       
portion of the period of enrollment in  
the course from which the individual did
 not receive credit or with respect to  
which the individual lost training time1
 as determined under subsection 7b77#b72
 and  7ii7 the period by which a monthly
 stipend is extended under section      
#cfhj7;a77#b77;,b7 of this title4  7,e7 
7i7 ,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 a    
previous 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  7ii7 ,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  7iii7 ,any excess hours    

applied to a different month under this 
subparagraph may only be applied to one 
such month4  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the 
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to any period beginning on or     
after ,march #a1 #bjbj4