1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020 . 2. COVID-19 Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program (a) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall provide up to 12 months of retraining assistance to an eligible veteran for the pursuit of a covered program of education. Such retraining assistance shall be in addition to any other entitlement to educational assistance or benefits for which a veteran is, or has been, eligible. (b) Eligible veterans (1) In general For purposes of this section, the term eligible veteran means a veteran who— (A) as of the date of the submittal of the application for assistance under this section, is at least 25 years of age but not more than 60 years of age; (B) as of the date of the submittal of the application for assistance under this section, is unemployed by reason of the covered public health emergency, as certified by the veteran; (C) as of the date of the submittal of the application for assistance under this section, is not eligible to receive educational assistance under chapter 30, 31, 32, 33, or 35 of title 38, United States Code, or chapter 1606 or 1607 of title 10, United States Code; (D) is not enrolled in any Federal or State jobs program; (E) is not in receipt of compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling by reason of unemployability