# 38 U.S.C. § 3687: Apprenticeship or other on-job training

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## Section

- **Citation:** 38 U.S.C. § 3687
- **Heading:** Apprenticeship or other on-job training
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 9, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS > PART III—READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS > CHAPTER 36—ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS > SUBCHAPTER III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

## Text

program of apprenticeship approved by a State approving agency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 16, 1937 (popularly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”) ( 29 U.S.C. 50a ), or

(Added Pub. L. 92–540, title III, § 316(1) , Oct. 24, 1972 , 86 Stat. 1085 , § 1787; amended Pub. L. 93–508, title I, § 104(2) , (3), Dec. 3, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1580 ; Pub. L. 93–602, title II, § 205(b) , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1959 ; Pub. L. 94–502, title V, § 501(2) , Oct. 15, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2398 ; Pub. L. 95–202, title I, § 104(2) , Nov. 23, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1435 ; Pub. L. 96–466, title II , §§ 203(3), 213(3), Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2189 , 2191; Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(57) , Oct. 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 1309 ; Pub. L. 98–543, title II, § 204(2) , Oct. 24, 1984 , 98 Stat. 2742 ; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 403(b) , Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2080 ; renumbered § 3687 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) , (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 105–178, title VIII, § 8210(d) , as added Pub. L. 105–206, title IX, § 9014(b) , July 22, 1998 , 112 Stat. 866 ; Pub. L. 106–419, title I, § 111(d) , (f)(2), Nov. 1, 2000 , 114 Stat. 1830 , 1831; Pub. L. 107–103, title I, § 102(d) , Dec. 27, 2001 , 115 Stat. 978 ; Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 302(d) , Dec. 16, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2659 ; Pub. L. 108–454, title I, § 102(a) , Dec. 10, 2004 , 118 Stat. 3600 ; Pub. L. 117–333, § 7(a) , Jan. 5, 2023 , 136 Stat. 6129 .)

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