,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bc1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,walkinshaw 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,mc,garvey7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to improve the manner in 
which the ,secretary of ,veterans       
,affairs calculates the average         
employment rate of veterans             
participating in the ,,vet ,,tec high   
technology program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,veteran ,technology
 ,employment ,success ,act4  #b4        
,employment rate calculation for        
,,vet-,,tec high technology program     
,section #cfii;,c of title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
subsection 7f7-- 7,a7 in the matter     
preceding paragraph 7#a7 by inserting   
after ,house of ,representatives the    
following3 1 and make available to the  

public12 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c7 by 
adding at the end the following3 ,such  
rate shall be calculated as a fraction1 
the denominator of which is the number  
of covered individuals who completed    
such a program during such year and the 
numerator of which is the number of     
individuals counted in the denominator  
who are employed on the date that is    
#ahj days after the date on which the   
individual completed the program1 and   
expressed as a percentage4              
,notwithstanding the previous sentence1 
the numerator shall not count a case in 
which the individual is employed by the 
same organization that was the provider 
of the individual's program of education
 or a case in which the individual is   
employed1 by a parent or affiliate of   
such organization1 as an instructor for 
a substantially similar program of      
education4 ,to the maximum extent       
practicable1 the ,secretary shall also  
report the rates of full-time           
employment1 part-time employment1 and   

self-employment42 and  7#b7 in          
subsection 7g7 by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,the     
,secretary on an ongoing basis shall    
solicit1 collect1 and analyze feedback  
about the program from covered          
individuals who participate in the      
program and from the ,,gi ,bill ,school 
,feedback ,tool4 ,the ,secretary shall  
use such feedback to evaluate and       
improve the implementation of the       
program4  4