Department of Veterans Affairs training and rehabilitation programs for veterans with service-connected disabilities: outreach requirement; extensions

(a) VRE contact information Section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) The Secretary shall establish a dedicated telephone number within the Education Call Center of the Department for calls about services provided under this chapter. Each regional office of the Department shall include, on the website of the regional office, a name, telephone number, and email address, through which veterans may receive information about services provided under this chapter.. (b) Requests for extensions of programs: timely consideration; report (1) In general Section 3105 of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in subsection (c)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (B) by inserting (1) before The Secretary; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) The Secretary shall approve or deny a request for an extension under paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after the date on which the veteran submits such request.. (2) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report on requests for extensions under such subsection (c). Each such report shall include, for the year preceding the date of the report— (A) the number of veterans who requested such an extension; (B) the number of such requests that were approved; and (C) the number of such requests that were denied.