SERVICE MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL CONVERSION AND TRAINING ACT OF 1992.

SEC. 610. SERVICE MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL CONVERSION AND TRAINING ACT OF 1992. (a) Period of Training.— (1) Section 4485(d) of the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992 (106 Stat 2759; 10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out “or more than 18 months”. (2) (A) Section 4486(d)(2) of such Act (102 Stat 2760; 10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “in the community for the entire period of training of the eligible person.”. (B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to programs of training under the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Payments.—Section 4487 of such Act (106 Stat 2762; 10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking out “subparagraph (B)” in subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof “subparagraphs (B) and (C)”; (B) by inserting before the period at the end of subparagraph (A) the following: “but in no event to exceed hours equivalent to 18 months of training”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) Assistance may be paid under this subtitle on behalf of an eligible person to that person’s employer for training under two or more programs of job training under this subtitle if such employer has not received (or is not due) on that person’s behalf assistance in an amount aggregating the applicable amount set forth in subparagraph (B).”; and (2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting before the period at the end thereof “, or upon the completion of the 18th month of training under the last training program approved for the person’s pursuit with that employer under this subtitle, whichever is earlier”. (c) Entry Into Program of Job Training.—Section 4488(a) of such Act (106 Stat 2764; 10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is amended by striking out the third sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof “The eligible person may begin such program of job training with the employer on the day that notice is transmitted to such 108 STAT. 4674official by means prescribed by such official. However, assistance under this subtitle may not be provided to the employer if such official, within two weeks after the date on which such notice is transmitted, disapproves the eligible person’s entry into that program of job training in accordance with this section.”.