38 USC § 4100 - Findings

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The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) As long as unemployment and underemployment continue as serious problems among disabled veterans and Vietnam-era veterans, alleviating unemployment and underemployment among such veterans is a national responsibility.

(2) Because of the special nature of employment and training needs of such veterans and the national responsibility to meet those needs, policies and programs to increase opportunities for such veterans to obtain employment, job training, counseling, and job placement services and assistance in securing advancement in employment should be effectively and vigorously implemented by the Secretary of Labor and such implementation should be accomplished through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.

Source

(Added Pub. L. 97–306, title III, § 301(a),Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1436, § 2000; amended Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(b)(1),May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 574; renumbered § 4100,Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)

Amendments

1991—Pub. L. 102–83renumbered section 2000 of this title as this section.

1988—Par. (2). Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(b)(1), inserted “and Training” after “for Veterans’ Employment”.

Committee To Raise Employer Awareness of Skills of Veterans and Benefits of Hiring Veterans

Pub. L. 107–288, § 6,Nov. 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 2046, established within the Department of Labor the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee to carry out a national program to raise employer awareness of skills of veterans and benefits of hiring veterans, required reports to Congress not later than Dec. 31, 2003, 2004, and 2005 on the Committee’s activities, and provided for termination of the Committee 60 days after submitting the report that was due on Dec. 31, 2005.

Report on Implementation of Employment Reforms

Pub. L. 107–288, § 7,Nov. 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 2048, directed that the Comptroller General conduct a study on the implementation by the Secretary of Labor of the provisions of Pub. L. 107–288during the program years beginning during fiscal years 2003 and 2004 and, not later than 6 months after the conclusion of the fiscal year 2004 program, submit to Congress a report on the study with appropriate recommendations.

Pilot Program To Furnish Employment and Training Information and Services to Members of Armed Forces Separating From Armed Forces

Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 408,Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2083, as amended by Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1101,Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722, provided that:

“(a) Requirement for Program.—During the three-year period beginning on January 1, 1990, the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’), in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct a pilot program to furnish employment and training information and services to members of the Armed Forces within 180 days before such members are separated from the Armed Forces.

“(b) Areas To Be Covered by the Program.—The Secretary shall conduct the pilot program in at least five, but not more than ten, geographically dispersed States in which the Secretary determines that employment and training services to eligible veterans will not be unduly limited by the provision of such services to members of the Armed Forces under the pilot program.

“(c) Utilization of Specific Personnel.—The Secretary shall utilize disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists or local veterans’ employment representatives to the maximum extent feasible to furnish employment and training information and services under the pilot program.”

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20 CFR 601 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

20 CFR 651 - GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FEDERAL-STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM

20 CFR 652 - ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

20 CFR 653 - SERVICES OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SYSTEM

20 CFR 658 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE JOB SERVICE SYSTEM

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