EXPANSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING.

SEC. 301. EXPANSION OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING. (a) Definition of Training Establishment.—Section 3452(e) is amended by striking “means any” and all that follows and inserting “means any of the following:“(1) An establishment providing apprentice or other on-job training, including those under the supervision of a college or university or any State department of education.“(2) An establishment providing self-employment on-job training consisting of full-time training for a period of less than six months that is needed or accepted for purposes of obtaining licensure to engage in a self-employment occupation or required for ownership and operation of a franchise that is the objective of the training.“(3) A State board of vocational education.“(4) A Federal or State apprenticeship registration agency.“(5) A joint apprenticeship committee established pursuant to the Act of August 16, 1937, popularly known as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’ (29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).“(6) An agency of the Federal Government authorized to supervise such training.”.(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is six months after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to self-employment on-job training approved and pursued on or after that date.