A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance vocational rehabilitation benefits for veterans, and for other purposes.
Veterans Rehabilitation and Training Improvements Act of 2009 - Requires the amount of subsistence allowance paid to a veteran for a month in which the veteran participates in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rehabilitation program to be equal to the national average of the basic allowance for housing paid to a member of the Armed Forces in pay grade E-5.
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse a veteran who successfully completes a VA rehabilitation program for costs incurred as a direct consequence of program participation, including child care expenses.
Repeals the 2600 per-fiscal-year limit on veterans who may participate in the VA program of independent living services and assistance.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2705-2706)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2706)
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 111-81.
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