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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 913 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans |
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| 6 | 6 | | Affairs to approve a rehabilitation program for a certain veterans with |
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| 7 | 7 | | service-connected disabilities that include the pursuit of non-degree flight |
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| 8 | 8 | | training programs, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. O |
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| 12 | 12 | | BERNOLTEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the |
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| 16 | 16 | | Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve a rehabilitation |
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| 17 | 17 | | program for a certain veterans with service-connected |
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| 18 | 18 | | disabilities that include the pursuit of non-degree flight |
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| 19 | 19 | | training programs, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Aviation 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | for Eligible Veterans Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Vet-5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | erans Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 913 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIR 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | TO APPROVE NON-DEGREE FLIGHT TRAINING 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | COURSES AS PART OF VOCATIONAL REHA-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | BILITATION PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN VET-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ITIES. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) I |
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| 36 | 36 | | NGENERAL.—Section 3104(b) of title 38, 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | United States Code, is amended— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A rehabilitation 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | program’’; 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) by striking ‘‘To the maximum extent prac-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ticable’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided under 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | paragraph (2), to the maximum extent practicable’’; 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | paragraph: 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 3680A(b) of this title, 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Secretary may approve a rehabilitation program for 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | a veteran under this chapter that includes the pursuit of 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | a course of flight training other than one given by an edu-20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | cational institution of higher learning for credit toward a 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | standard college degree the veteran is seeking.’’. 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) A |
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| 53 | 53 | | PPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | section (a) shall apply with respect to a rehabilitation pro-24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | gram approved on or after August 1, 2025. 25 |
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