Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009

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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).

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 8, 2009

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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009

Latest action (Mar 4, 2009): Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 8, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.