TEMPORARY PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

SEC. 114. TEMPORARY PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING. (a) Reduction in Maximum Age of New Pension Recipients for Whom Vocational Evaluations Are Required.—Section 524(a) is amended by striking out “50” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting in lieu thereof “45”. (b) Preservation of Disability Rating.—Section 524 is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e) and inserting after subsection (b) the following: “(c) In the case of a veteran who has been determined to have a permanent and total non-service-connected disability and who, not later than one year after the date the veteran’s eligibility for counseling under subsection (b)(3) of this section expires, secures employment within the scope of a vocational goal identified in the veteran’s individualized written plan of vocational rehabilitation (or in a related field which requires reasonably developed skills and the use of some or all of the training or services furnished the veteran under such plan), the evaluation of the veteran as having a permanent and total disability may not be terminated by reason of the veteran’s capacity to engage in such employment until the veteran first maintains such employment for a period of not less than 12 consecutive months.”.