Limitation on extension of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran

Section 3105(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary and inserting (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) The Secretary may not, under this subsection, extend the period of a vocational rehabilitation program for a veteran so that such period exceeds ninety-six months until after the Secretary— (A) determines that extraordinary circumstances apply in the case of such veteran; and (B) submits to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives written notice of such extension and the extraordinary circumstances for such extension..