PILOT PROGRAM FOR OFF-BASE TRANSITION TRAINING FOR VETERANS AND SPOUSES.

SEC. 4303. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OFF-BASE TRANSITION TRAINING FOR VETERANS AND SPOUSES. (a) Extension of Pilot Program.—Subsection (a) of section 301 of the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-260; 10 U.S.C. 1144 note) is amended— (1) by striking “During the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting “During the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Navy SEAL Bill Mulder Act of 2020”; and (2) by striking “to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing such program to eligible individuals at locations other than military installations”. (b) Locations.—Subsection (c) of such section is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “States” and inserting “locations”; and (B) by striking “not less than three and not more than five States” and inserting “not fewer than 50 locations in States (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code)”; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking “at least two” and inserting “at least 20”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(5) Preferences.—In selecting States for participation in the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide a preference for any State with— “(A) a high rate of usage of unemployment benefits for recently separated members of the Armed Forces; or “(B) a labor force or economy that has been significantly impacted by a covered public health emergency. “(6) Covered public health emergency defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered public health emergency’ means— “(A) the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); or “(B) a domestic emergency declared, based on an outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), by the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or local authority.” . (c) Annual Report.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Each such report shall include information about the employment outcomes of the eligible individuals who received such training during the year covered by the report.”. (d) Conforming Repeal.—Subsection (f) of such section is repealed.