H.R. 297 · 111th Congress
Veteran Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act of 2009
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Steve Buyer
- Introduced
- 2009-01-08
- Latest action
- 2009-03-04 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Summary
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.