H.R.297 - Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of subsistence allowance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of subsistence allowance payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans participating in vocational rehabilitation programs, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009 as introduced.

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1/8/2009--Introduced.Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the amount of monthly subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in the veterans' vocational rehabilitation program (a program of training and r
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1/8/2009--Introduced.Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009 - Increases the amount of monthly subsistence allowance payable to veterans participating in the veterans' vocational rehabilitation program (a program of training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities). Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in the case of a veteran who has reached a point of employability and is participating only in a program of employment services, to pay such veteran a subsistence allowance for three months while the veteran is satisfactorily pursuing such program.

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  • American Legion
  • Blinded Veterans Association
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

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