Sec. 14. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

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## SEC. 14 EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM ###

(a)Expansion of Eligibility Paragraph

(12)of subsection

(a)of section 3104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: > > #### “(12) > > Such license fees and essential equipment, supplies, and minimum stocks of materials as the Secretary determines to be necessary for a veteran to begin self-employment and are within the criteria and cost limitations that the Secretary shall prescribe in regulations for the furnishing of such fees, equipment, supplies, and stocks.” > . ###

(b)Priority Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by inserting before the first period the following: “, including with respect to providing priority for services under subsection (a)(12) to veterans with the most severe service-connected disabilities who require homebound training or self-employment, or both homebound training and self-employment”. ###

(c)Technical Amendments Section 3117 of such title is amended— ####

(1)in subsection (a)(2)(C), by striking “this clause” and inserting “this subparagraph”; and ####

(2)in subsection (b)— #####

(A)in paragraph (1), by striking “insure” and inserting “ensure”; and #####

(B)in paragraph (2), by striking “clause” both places it appears and inserting “paragraph”.