,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #b1 #bjbe,mr4  
,van ,orden introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to limit the amount of   
time the ,secretary of ,veterans        
,affairs may extend the period of a     
vocational rehabilitation program for a 
veteran4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,vr,e              
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,limitation  
on extension of a vocational            
rehabilitation program for a veteran    
,section #caje7;c7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in   
the matter preceding paragraph 7#a71 by 
striking ,the ,secretary and inserting  
7#a7 ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the    
,secretary2  7#b7 by redesignating      
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 as             
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71            
respectively2 and  7#c7 by adding at the

 end the following new paragraph3  7#b7 
,the ,secretary may not1 under this     
subsection1 extend the period of a      
vocational rehabilitation program for a 
veteran so that such period exceeds     
ninety-six months until after the       
,secretary--  7,a7 determines that      
extraordinary circumstances apply in the
 case of such veteran2 and  7,b7 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 extension4  4