Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses 2.0 (VET TEC 2.0) is a program that helps eligible Veterans and active-duty service members develop skills to start or advance their career in a high-tech industry.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, VA listed VET TEC 2.0 as active and available, with 2,000 openings and covered training areas including computer programming, software, data processing, information sciences, and media application.
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The Secretary shall carry out a program under which the Secretary provides covered individuals with the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that the Secretary determines provide training or skills sought by employers in a relevant field or industry.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Public Law 118-210 created the statutory high-technology program for covered veterans and transitioning servicemembers, authorizing training tied to employer-demanded skills.
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that provides instruction in computer programming, computer software, media application, data processing, or information sciences.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted program covers high-technology fields adjacent to cybersecurity and other digital careers, but the statutory field list does not specifically name cybersecurity.
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Houlahan | Houlahan | Democratic | PA | Yea
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Houlahan voted for S. 141, the bill that became Public Law 118-210 and established VET TEC 2.0.
To authorize the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to establish an apprenticeship program and to establish a pilot program on cybersecurity training for veterans and members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian life, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Houlahan sponsored a cybersecurity-specific bill for veterans and transitioning servicemembers, but GovInfo lists it only as introduced and referred to committees, so this effort itself remained unresolved in the 118th Congress.
Section 212 of the Act established the Department of Veterans Affairs’ high technology program, referred to as VET TEC 2.0, by adding 38 U.S.C. § 3699C.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): VA implementation guidance confirms that the enacted Dole Act provision established VET TEC 2.0 and that VA was issuing operational rules for the program in 2026.