to the Committee on Finance. It was reported in the Senate on January 31, 1967 (S. Rept. 7). It passed the Senate on February 7, 1967, and was referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on February 8, 1967. On March 2, 3, and 6, 1967, the Subcommittee on Pensions of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs held hearings on "Pension Bills and Bills to Provide Additional Wartime Benefits to Veterans of the Vietnam Conflict." H.R. 2068, a bill similar to S. 16, was introduced on March 15, 1967, by Representative Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn of South Carolina. This bill was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and was reported from that committee on March 15, 1967 (H. Rept. 130). Under suspension of the rules, the bill passed the House on March 20, 1967. On the same date, the proceedings were vacated, H.R. 2068 was laid on the table, and S. 16, as amended, was passed in lieu. (On March 20 and 21, 1967, the Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare held hearings on S. 9, the "Cold War GI Bill Amendments of 1967.") On June 1, 1967, the Senate agreed to the House amendment with an amendment to S. 16, and asked for a conference. On June 20, 1967, the House agreed to a conference. The conference report was filed on August 17, 1967 (H. Rept. 554). The House agreed to the conference. report on August 17, 1967. The Senate agreed to the conference report August 23, 1967. The act was approved on August 31, 1967, and became Public Law 90-77. B. DIGEST OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING Following is a summary of title III, which relates specifically to education and training. Title III: Education and Training.-The act increases the education. benefits under Public Law 89-358 to $130 monthly (formerly $100) for a veteran without dependents attending school full time, $155 (formerly $125) for a veteran with one dependent, and $175 (formerly $150) for a veteran with two or more dependents, with proportional increases for veterans in less than full-time attendance. The act provides for educational assistance allowances for eligible veterans pursuing a program of flight training computed at 90 percent. of the established charges for similarly circumstanced nonveterans enrolled in the same flight training course, with each $130 paid to a veteran to cancel 1 month of training eligibility. The act permits the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to approve the pursuit of flight training by an eligible veteran only if the veteran (1) has a valid private pilot license or the equivalent in flight training hours, and (2) can meet the medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license. The act authorizes educational assistance for eligible veterans receiving farm cooperative training consisting of institutional agricultural courses at a minimum of 12 clock hours per week at the following monthly rates: (1) for a veteran with no dependents, $105; (2) for a veteran with one dependent, $125; (3) for a veteran with two dependents, $145; (4) for a veteran with more than two dependents, $145 with $7 for each dependent in excess of two. The act provides on-the-job training with appropriate safeguards and a monthly training assistance for the first 6 months of $80 for a veteran with no dependents, $90 for a veteran with one dependent, and $100 for a veteran with two or more dependents, with proportionately reduced allowances for subsequent 6-month periods. It authorizes full benefit payments under Public Law 89-358 (Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act) to educationally disadvantaged veterans to allow them to complete high school without losing their eligibility for college benefits (time spent in pursuit of such courses not chargeable against the veteran's basic period of entitlement). It amends the war orphans' educational assistance program by extending the age period during which training may be taken from 23 to 26 years of age. It directs the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a reporting fee to any educational institution in which persons receiving assistance under chapter 34 ("Veterans' Educational Assistance") or 35 ("War Orphans' Educational Assistance") of title 38, United States Code, to be computed for each calendar year by multiplying $3 by the number of persons enrolled therein under the above two chapters on October 31 of that year. The Administrator may, if the enrollment of such persons in an institution on October 31 fluctuates more than 15 percent from the peak enrollment of such persons during such year, establish another date for the computation of the reporting fee to be paid that institution. C. TEXT OF PROVISIONS CONCERNING EDUCATION AND TRAINING AN ACT To amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to increase 81 Stat. 173. the rates of pension payable to certain veterans and their widows, to provide additional readjustment assistance for veterans of service after January 31, 1955, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Veterans' Pension Veterans' Pension and Readjustment Assistance Act of 1967". ** * TITLE III-EDUCATION AND TRAINING EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCES Readjustment A ance Act of 1967. SEC. 301. (a) Paragraph (1) of section 1682(a) of title 38, 80 Stat. 18. United States Code, is amended by striking out "Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c)(1)" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except as provided in subsection (b), (c)(1), or (d) of this section, or section 1677 or 1683 of this title", and by Post, p. 185. striking out "column II, III, or IV" where it first appears Post, p. 186. therein and inserting in lieu thereof "column II, III, IV, or V". (b) The table contained in paragraph (1) of section 1682(a) of title 38, United States Code, relating to educational assistance allowances, is amended to read as follows: (c) Section 1682(b) of such title is amended by striking out "$100" in clause (2)(B), and inserting in lieu thereof "$130". FLIGHT TRAINING 81 Stat. 185. SEC. 302. (a) Section 1673 (b) of title 38, United State Code, 80 Stat. 16. is amended to read as follows: "(b) Except as provided in section 1677 of this title, the Ad- Infra. ministrator shall not approve the enrollment of an eligible veteran in any course of flight training other than one given by an educational institution of higher learning for credit toward a standard college degree the eligible veteran is seeking." (b) Subchapter III of chapter 34, United States Code, is so Stat. 12. amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 83 USC 1670-1676. "§ 1677. Flight training "(a) The Administrator may approve the pursuit by an eligible veteran of flight training generally accepted as necessary for the attainment of a recognized vocational objective in the field of aviation, subject to the following conditions: "(1) the eligible veteran must possess a valid private pilot's license or must have satisfactorily completed the number of hours of flight training instruction required for a private pilot's license, and meet the medical requirements necessary for a commercial pilot's license; and "(2) the flight school courses must meet the Federal Aviation Administration standards and be approved both by that Agency and the appropriate State approving agency. "(b) Each eligible veteran who is pursuing a program of education consisting exclusively of flight training approved as meeting the requirements of subsection (a) hereof, shall be paid an educational assistance allowance to be computed at the rate of 90 per centum of the established charges for tuition and fees 80 Stat. 18. Ante, p. 184. 81 Stat. 186. 80 Stat. 12. 38 USC 1651 et seq. 50 Stat. 665. Post, p. 187. which similarly circumstanced non-veterans enrolled in the same "1676. Education outside the United States." the following: "1677. Flight training." FARM COOPERATIVE TRAINING SEC. 303. (a) Section 1673 (c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "of apprentice or other training on the job, any course of institutional on-farm training, or any course". (b) Section 1682 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) An eligible veteran enrolled in an educational institution for a 'farm cooperative' program consisting of institutional agricultural courses for a minimum of 12 clock hours per week. shall be eligible to receive an educational assistance allowance at the appropriate rate provided in the table in subsection (a)(1) of this section opposite the work 'Cooperative' under Column I of such table, if such eligible veteran is concurrently engaged in agricultural employment which is relevant to such institutional agricultural courses as determined under standards prescribed by the Administrator." APPRENTICESHIP OR OTHER ON-JOB TRAINING SEC. 304. (a) Chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 1683, 1684, 1685, and 1686 as section 1684, 1685, 1686, and 1687, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 1682 thereof the following new section: "§ 1683. Apprenticeship or other on-job training "(a) Any eligible veteran may receive the benefits of this chapter while pursuing a full-time "(1) program of apprenticeship approved by a State approving agency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 50a of title 29, United States Code, or "(2) program of other training on the job approved under the provisions of section 1777 of this title, subject to the conditions and limitations of this chapter with respect to educational assistance. "(b) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be as follows: "(c) For purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of this 80 Stat. 20. title, the terms 'program of apprenticeship' and 'program of other on-job training' shall have the same meaning as 'pro- 38 USC 1770 et seq. gram of education'; and the term 'training assistance allowance' shall have the same meaning as 'educational assistance allowance'." (b) The table of sections of chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1683" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "1683. Apprenticeship or other on-job training. "1684. Measurement of courses. "1685. Overcharges by educational institutions. "1686. Approval of courses. "1687. Discontinuance of allowances." Definitions. (c) Section 1652 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 80 Stat. 13. by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: establishment." "(e) For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 36 of "Training this title, the term 'training establishment' means any establishment providing apprentice or other training on the job, including those under the supervision of a college or university or any State department of education, or any State apprenticeship agency, or any State board of vocational education, or any joint apprenticeship committee, or the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training established pursuant to chapter 4C of title 29, United States Code, or any agency of the Federal Government authorized to supervise such training." (d) Chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by redesignating sections 1777 and 1778 as sections 1778 and 1779, respectively, and by inserting immediately after section 1776 the following new section: "§ 1777. Approval of training on the job "(a) Any State approving agency may approve a program of training on the job (other than a program of apprenticeship) only when it finds that the job which is the objective of the training is one in which progression and appointment to the next higher classification are based upon skills learned through organized training on the job and not on such factors as length of service and normal turnover, and that the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section are met. "(b) The training establishment offering training which is desired to be approved for the purposes of this chapter must submit to the appropriate State approving agency a written application for approval which, in addition to furnishing such 91-165 0-68-pt. 1-12 29 USC 50, 50a, 50b. 81 Stat. 187. |