Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act. 38 USC 101 note.>>
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act'' or the ``VALOR Act''.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of section 3672 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ``(1)(A) The State approving agency for a multi-State apprenticeship program is-- ``(i) for purposes of approval of the program, the State approving agency for the State in which the headquarters of the apprenticeship program is located; and ``(ii) for all other purposes, the State approving agency for the State in which the apprenticeship program takes place.
``(B) In this paragraph, the term `multi-State apprenticeship program' means a non-Federal apprenticeship program operating in more than one State that meets the minimum national program standards, as developed by the Department of Labor.''.
ASSISTANCE FOR APPRENTICESHIP AND OTHER ON-JOB TRAINING.
Section 3680(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ``shall have received--'' and all that follows through ``person's certificate,'' and inserting ``receives from the training establishment a certification''.
Approved November 21, 2017.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3949: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 115-398 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): Nov. 7, considered and passed House. Nov. 15, considered and passed Senate.
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