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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 7097 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct outreach and provide |
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| 6 | 6 | | assistance to institutions of higher education to support training and |
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| 7 | 7 | | internships for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and for |
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| 8 | 8 | | other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY25, 2024 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | HERRILL(for herself, Mrs. KIGGANSof Virginia, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | C |
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| 14 | 14 | | ROW, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. KIMof New |
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| 15 | 15 | | Jersey, Ms. N |
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| 16 | 16 | | ORTON, Ms. TITUS, and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the fol- |
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| 17 | 17 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To authorize the Secretary of Defense to conduct outreach |
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| 20 | 20 | | and provide assistance to institutions of higher education |
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| 21 | 21 | | to support training and internships for members of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Armed Forces and veterans, and for other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Opportunities 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | for Servicemembers Act’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 7097 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR TRANSITIONING 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | MEMBERS THROUGH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ER EDUCATION. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) S |
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| 35 | 35 | | KILLBRIDGE.—The Secretary of Defense may 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | conduct outreach to institutions of higher education in 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | order to enter into more agreements with such institutions 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | that may provide training or internships to members of 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the Armed Forces pursuant to the Skillbridge program es-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tablished under section 1143(e) of title 10, United States 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Code. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) C |
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| 43 | 43 | | ENTERS FORMILITARY ANDVETERANSEDU-11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | CATION.—The Secretary of Defense may conduct outreach 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and provide assistance to institutions of higher education 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to support the creation of centers at such institutions 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | through which members of the Armed Forces eligible for 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Skillbridge and veterans may receive job training. 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHEREDUCATIONDE-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | education’’ means an institution described in section 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 1001(a)). 21 |
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