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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 5581 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5581

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the manner in which 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment 
rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology program, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2026

  Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the manner in which 
  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment 
rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology program, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Technology Employment 
Success Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. EMPLOYMENT RATE CALCULATION FOR VET TEC HIGH TECHNOLOGY 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 3699C of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives a report on the 
                operation of program'' and inserting ``to the Committee 
                on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 
                make available to the public, a report on the operation 
                of the program''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the 
                following: ``Such rate shall be calculated as a 
                fraction, the denominator of which is the number of 
                covered individuals who completed such a program during 
                such year and the numerator of which is the number of 
                individuals counted in the denominator who are employed 
                on the date that is 180 days after the date on which 
                the individual completed the program, and expressed as 
                a percentage. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
                the numerator shall not count a case in which the 
                individual is employed by the same organization that 
                was the provider of the individual's program of 
                education or a case in which the individual is 
                employed, by a parent or affiliate of such 
                organization, as an instructor for a substantially 
                similar program of education. To the maximum extent 
                practicable, the Secretary shall also report the rates 
                of full-time employment, part-time employment, and 
                self-employment.''; and
            (2) in subsection (g) by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
    ``(3) The Secretary shall, on an ongoing basis, solicit, collect, 
and analyze feedback about the program from covered individuals who 
participate in the program and from the GI Bill School Feedback Tool, 
or successor tool. The Secretary shall use such feedback to evaluate 
and improve the implementation of the program.''.
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Veteran Technology Employment Success Act of 2026

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