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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4072 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve employment services 

for veterans by consolidating various programs in the Department of 

Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 17, 2012 

Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself and Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 

and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve employment services for veterans by consolidating various programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidating Veteran 

5 Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 

6 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR VETERANS 

2 PROGRAMS TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

3 AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Effective October 1, 

5 2013, there shall be transferred to the Secretary of Vet6 erans Affairs all functions performed under the following 

7 programs of the Department of Labor, and all personnel, 

8 assets, and liabilities pertaining to such programs, imme9 diately before such transfer occurs: 

10 (1) Job counseling, training, and placement 

11 services for veterans under chapter 41 of title 38, 

12 United States Code. 

13 (2) Employment and training of veterans under 

14 chapter 42 of such title. 

15 (3) Administration of employment and employ16 ment rights of members of the uniformed services 

17 under chapter 43 of such title. 

18 (4) Homeless veterans reintegration programs 

19 under chapter 20 of such title. 

20 (b) BUDGET REQUEST.—Under section 1105 of title 

21 31, United States Code, the President shall include in the 

22 President’s budget request for the Department of Vet23 erans Affairs for fiscal year 2014, and for each subsequent 

24 fiscal year, funding requested for the functions referred 

25 to in subsection (a). 


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1 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any other Fed2 eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation 

3 of authority, or any document of or pertaining to a depart4 ment or office from which a function is transferred by this 

5 Act— 

6 (1) to the head of such department or office is 

7 deemed to refer to the head of the department or of8 fice to which such function is transferred; or 

9 (2) to such department or office is deemed to 

10 refer to the department or office to which such func11 tion is transferred. 

12 (d) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES.—Except as other13 wise provided by law, a Federal official to whom a function 

14 is transferred by this Act may, for purposes of performing 

15 the function, exercise all authorities under any other provi16 sion of law that were available with respect to the perform17 ance of that function to the official responsible for the per18 formance of the function immediately before the effective 

19 date of the transfer of the function under this Act. 

20 (e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 

21 (1) LEGAL DOCUMENTS.—All orders, deter22 minations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, 

23 contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and 

24 privileges— 


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1 (A) that have been issued, made, granted, 

2 or allowed to become effective by the President, 

3 the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Vet4 erans Affairs, any officer or employee of any of5 fice transferred by this Act, or any other Gov6 ernment official, or by a court of competent ju7 risdiction, in the performance of any function 

8 that is transferred by this Act, and 

9 (B) that are in effect on the effective date 

10 of such transfer (or become effective after such 

11 date pursuant to their terms as in effect on 

12 such effective date), 

13 shall continue in effect according to their terms until 

14 modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re15 voked in accordance with law by the President, any 

16 other authorized official, a court of competent juris17 diction, or operation of law. 

18 (2) PROCEEDINGS.—This Act shall not affect 

19 any proceedings or any application for any benefits, 

20 service, license, permit, certificate, or financial as21 sistance pending on the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act before an office transferred by this Act, but 

23 such proceedings and applications shall be contin24 ued. Orders shall be issued in such proceedings, ap25 peals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall 


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1 be made pursuant to such orders, as if this Act had 

2 not been enacted, and orders issued in any such pro3 ceeding shall continue in effect until modified, termi4 nated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized 

5 official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 

6 operation of law. Nothing in this subsection shall be 

7 considered to prohibit the discontinuance or modi8 fication of any such proceeding under the same 

9 terms and conditions and to the same extent that 

10 such proceeding could have been discontinued or 

11 modified if this Act had not been enacted. 

12 (3) SUITS.—This Act shall not affect suits com13 menced before the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 and in all such suits, proceeding shall be had, ap15 peals taken, and judgments rendered in the same 

16 manner and with the same effect as if this Act had 

17 not been enacted. 

18 (4) NONABATEMENT OF ACTIONS.—No suit, ac19 tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against 

20 the Department of Labor or the Secretary of Labor, 

21 or by or against any individual in the official capac22 ity of such individual as an officer or employee of an 

23 office transferred by this Act, shall abate by reason 

24 of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (5) CONTINUANCE OF SUITS.—If any Govern2 ment officer in the official capacity of such officer 

3 is party to a suit with respect to a function of the 

4 officer, and under this Act such function is trans5 ferred to any other officer or office, then such suit 

6 shall be continued with the other officer or the head 

7 of such other office, as applicable, substituted or 

8 added as a party. 

9 (6) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND JUDI10 CIAL REVIEW.—Except as otherwise provided by this 

11 Act, any statutory requirements relating to notice, 

12 hearings, action upon the record, or administrative 

13 or judicial review that apply to any function trans14 ferred by this Act shall apply to the exercise of such 

15 function by the head of the Federal agency, and 

16 other officers of the agency, to which such function 

17 is transferred by this Act. 

18 (f) TRANSFER OF ASSETS.—Except as otherwise pro19 vided in this Act, so much of the personnel, property, 

20 records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allo21 cations, and other funds employed, used, held, available, 

22 or to be made available in connection with a function 

23 transferred to an official or agency by this Act shall be 

24 available to the official or the head of that agency, respec25 tively, at such time or times as the Director of the Office 


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1 of Management and Budget directs for use in connection 

2 with the functions transferred. 

3 (g) DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Except as oth4 erwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise provided 

5 in this Act, an official to whom functions are transferred 

6 under this Act (including the head of any office to which 

7 functions are transferred under this Act) may delegate 

8 any of the functions so transferred to such officers and 

9 employees of the office of the official as the official may 

10 designate, and may authorize successive redelegations of 

11 such functions as may be necessary or appropriate. No 

12 delegation of functions under this section or under any 

13 other provision of this Act shall relieve the official to whom 

14 a function is transferred under this Act of responsibility 

15 for the administration of the function. 

16 (h) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

17 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO FUNC18 TIONS TRANSFERRED.— 

19 (1) DETERMINATIONS.—If necessary, the Di20 rector of Management and Budget shall make any 

21 determination of the functions that are transferred 

22 under this Act. 

23 (2) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—The Director, at 

24 such time or times as the Director shall provide, 

25 may make such determinations as may be necessary 


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1 with regard to the functions transferred by this Act, 

2 and to make such additional incidental dispositions 

3 of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, 

4 property, records, and unexpended balances of ap5 propriations, authorizations, allocations, and other 

6 funds held, used, arising from, available to, or to be 

7 made available in connection with such functions, as 

8 may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 

9 Act. The Director shall provide for the termination 

10 of the affairs of all entities terminated by this Act 

11 and for such further measures and dispositions as 

12 may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this 

13 Act. 

14 (i) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED

15 TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this Act, the vesting of a 

16 function in a department or office pursuant to reestablish17 ment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer 

18 of the function. 

19 (j) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing 

20 appropriations and funds available for the performance of 

21 functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to 

22 this Act shall remain available, for the duration of their 

23 period of availability, for necessary expenses in connection 

24 with the termination and resolution of such functions, pro25 grams, and activities. 


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1 (k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘function’’ includes any duty, obli3 gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi4 lege, activity, or program; and 

5 (2) the term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad6 ministration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, 

7 organizational entity, or component thereof. 

8 SEC. 3. DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF9 FAIRS FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND 

10 TRAINING. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4102A 

12 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(a) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR VETERANS’ 

15 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.—(1) There is established 

16 within the Department a Deputy Under Secretary for Vet17 erans’ Employment and Training, who shall formulate and 

18 implement all departmental policies and procedures to 

19 carry out— 

20 ‘‘(A) the purposes of this chapter, chapter 42, 

21 and chapter 43 of this title; and 

22 ‘‘(B) all other Department employment, unem23 ployment, and training programs to the extent they 

24 affect veterans. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The employees of the Department administering 

2 chapter 43 of this title shall be administratively and func3 tionally responsible to the Deputy Under Secretary for 

4 Veterans’ Employment and Training.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 41 of title 

6 38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 

7 (1) The section heading of section 4102A of 

8 such title is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans’ Em10 ployment and Training; program func11 tions; Regional Administrators’’. 

12 (2) The item relating to such section in the 

13 table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training; program functions; Regional Administrators.’’. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 

17 SEC. 4. CONSOLIDATION OF DISABLED VETERANS OUT18 REACH PROGRAM AND LOCAL VETERANS’ 

19 EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES. 

20 (a) CONSOLIDATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4104 of title 38, 

22 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 4104. Veteran employment specialists 

2 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT BY

3 STATES.—(1) Subject to approval by the Secretary, a 

4 State shall employ such full- or part-time veteran employ5 ment specialists as the State determines appropriate and 

6 efficient to carry out the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Employment, training, and placement 

8 services under this chapter. 

9 ‘‘(B) Intensive services under this chapter to 

10 meet the employment needs of eligible veterans with 

11 the following priority in the provision of services: 

12 ‘‘(i) Special disabled veterans. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Other disabled veterans. 

14 ‘‘(iii) Other eligible veterans in accordance 

15 with priorities determined by the Secretary tak16 ing into account applicable rates of unemploy17 ment and the employment emphases set forth in 

18 chapter 42 of this title. 

19 ‘‘(2) In the provision of services in accordance with 

20 this subsection, maximum emphasis in meeting the em21 ployment and training needs of veterans shall be placed 

22 on assisting economically or educationally disadvantaged 

23 veterans. 

24 ‘‘(b) PRINCIPAL DUTIES.—As principal duties, vet25 eran employment specialists shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) conduct outreach to employers in the area 

2 to assist veterans and disabled veterans in gaining 

3 employment, including conducting seminars for em4 ployers and, in conjunction with employers, con5 ducting job search workshops and establishing job 

6 search groups; and 

7 ‘‘(2) facilitate employment, training, and place8 ment services furnished to veterans and disabled vet9 erans in a State under the applicable State employ10 ment service delivery systems. 

11 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT FOR QUALIFIED VETERANS.— 

12 (1) A State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, em13 ploy qualified veterans to carry out the services referred 

14 to in subsection (a). Preference shall be given in the ap15 pointment of such specialists to qualified disabled vet16 erans. Preference shall be accorded in the following order: 

17 ‘‘(A) To qualified service-connected disabled 

18 veterans. 

19 ‘‘(B) If no veteran described in subparagraph 

20 (A) is available, to qualified eligible veterans. 

21 ‘‘(C) If no veteran described in subparagraph 

22 (A) or (B) is available, then to qualified eligible per23 sons. 

24 ‘‘(2)(A) Each State that employs a veteran employ25 ment specialist under this section shall submit to the SecVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:31 Feb 18, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4072.IH H4072

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1 retary an annual report on the qualifications used by the 

2 State in making hiring determinations for such specialists 

3 and the salary structure under which such specialists are 

4 compensated. 

5 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees 

6 on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep7 resentatives an annual report summarizing the reports 

8 submitted under subparagraph (A). 

9 ‘‘(d) PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.—A part-time veteran 

10 employment specialist shall perform the functions of a vet11 eran employment specialist under this section on a half12 time basis. 

13 ‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Each veteran employment spe14 cialist shall be administratively responsible to the manager 

15 of the employment service delivery system and shall pro16 vide reports, not less frequently than quarterly, to the 

17 manager of such office and to the Director for Veterans’ 

18 Employment and Training for the State regarding compli19 ance with Federal law and regulations with respect to spe20 cial services and priorities for eligible veterans and eligible 

21 persons.’’. 

22 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec23 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

24 by striking the item relating to section 4104 and in25 serting the following new item: 

‘‘4104. Veteran employment specialists.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur2 ther amended— 

3 (1) by striking section 4103A and by striking 

4 the item relating to such section in the table of sec5 tions at the beginning of chapter 41 of such title; 

6 (2) in section 4102A— 

7 (A) in subsection (b)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (5)— 

9 (I) by striking subparagraph (B) 

10 and redesignating subparagraph (C) 

11 as subparagraph (B); 

12 (II) by amending subparagraph 

13 (A) to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) veteran employment specialists ap15 pointed under section 4104(a) of this title; 

16 and’’; and 

17 (III) in subparagraph (B), as so 

18 redesignated, by striking ‘‘such spe19 cialists and representatives described 

20 in subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘such representatives de22 scribed in subparagraph (A)’’; and 

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1 ment representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘vet2 eran employment specialists’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (c)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (I) by striking ‘‘sections 

6 4103A(a) and’’ and inserting ‘‘sec7 tion’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘section 4103A 

9 or’’; 

10 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

11 (I) in clause (i)(I)— 

12 (aa) by striking ‘‘disabled 

13 veterans’ outreach program spe14 cialists and local veterans’ em15 ployment representatives’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘veteran employment 

17 specialists’’; and 

18 (bb) by striking ‘‘sections 

19 4103A and 4104’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 4104’’; and 

21 (II) in clause (iii), by striking 

22 ‘‘disabled veterans’ outreach program 

23 specialist or a local veterans’ employ24 ment representative’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘veteran employment specialist’’; 


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1 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking 

2 ‘‘4103A or’’; 

3 (iv) in paragraph (5), by striking 

4 ‘‘disabled veterans’ outreach program spe5 cialist and local veterans’ employment rep6 resentative’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran em7 ployment specialist’’; 

8 (v) in paragraph (7), by striking 

9 ‘‘4103A or’’; and 

10 (vi) in paragraph (8)(A)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘4103A or’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘disabled vet13 erans’ outreach program specialist or 

14 a local veterans’ employment rep15 resentative’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran 

16 employment specialist’’; and 

17 (C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘dis18 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists 

19 and local veterans’ employment representatives’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘veteran employment specialists’’; 

21 and 

22 (3) in section 4109(a), by striking ‘‘disabled 

23 veterans’ outreach program specialists, local vet24 erans’ employment representatives’’ and inserting 

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1 (4) in section 4112(d)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘disabled 

3 veterans’ outreach program specialist’’ and in4 serting ‘‘veteran employment specialist’’; and 

5 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig6 nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and 

7 (5) in section 3672(d)(1), by striking ‘‘disabled 

8 veterans’ outreach program specialists under section 

9 4103A’’ and inserting ‘‘veteran employment special10 ists appointed under section 4104(a)’’. 

11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

12 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 

13 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING 

14 AMENDMENTS. 

15 (a) CHAPTER 41.—Chapter 41 of title 38, United 

16 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further amended 

17 as follows: 

18 (1) By striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of Labor 

19 for Veterans’ Employment and Training’’ each place 

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary 

21 for Veterans’ Employment and Training’’. 

22 (2) By striking ‘‘Department of Labor’’ each 

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Department’’. 

24 (3) By striking ‘‘Secretary of Labor’’ each place 

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 


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1 (4) In section 4101, by striking paragraph (8). 

2 (5) In section 4102A(b)— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘such 

4 Assistant Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘such Dep5 uty Under Secretary’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 

7 consulting with the Secretary of Veterans Af8 fairs’’. 

9 (6) In section 4105(b), by striking ‘‘and the 

10 Secretary of Veterans Affairs’’ both places it ap11 pears. 

12 (7) By striking section 4108. 

13 (8) In the table of sections at the beginning of 

14 such chapter, by striking the item relating to section 

15 4108. 

16 (9) In section 4110(d), by striking paragraph 

17 (1) and redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as 

18 paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively. 

19 (10) In section 4110A(b), by striking ‘‘Con20 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Committees on Veterans’ 

21 Affairs of the Senate and House of Representa22 tives’’. 

23 (11) In subsections (b) through (h) of section 

24 4114, by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place 

25 it appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Under Secretary’’. 


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1 (b) CHAPTER 42.—Chapter 42 of title 38, United 

2 States Code, is amended as follows: 

3 (1) By striking ‘‘Secretary of Labor’’ each place 

4 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

5 (2) By striking ‘‘Department of Labor’’ each 

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Department’’. 

7 (c) CHAPTER 43.—Chapter 43 of title 38, United 

8 States Code, is amended as follows: 

9 (1) In section 4303, by striking paragraph (11). 

10 (2) By striking ‘‘Secretary of Veterans Affairs’’ 

11 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

12 (3) In section 4321, by striking ‘‘(through the 

13 Veterans’ Employment and Training Service)’’. 

14 (4) In section 4332(a)(1), by striking ‘‘of 

15 Labor’’. 

16 (5) In section 4333, by striking ‘‘, the Sec17 retary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Af18 fairs’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Secretary of Defense’’. 

19 (d) CHAPTER 20.—Chapter 20 of title 38, United 

20 States Code, is amended as follows: 

21 (1) In section 2003(a)(4), by striking ‘‘of the 

22 Department of Labor’’. 

23 (2) In section 2011(g)(2), by striking ‘‘the De24 partment of Labor,’’. 

25 (3) In section 2021— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Labor’’ each 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (c)— 

4 (i) by striking the subsection heading 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DEPUTY UNDER

7 SECRETARY FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN8 ING.—’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary 

10 of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and 

11 Training’’ and inserting ‘‘Deputy Under 

12 Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and 

13 Training’’. 

14 (4) In section 2021A— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Labor’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (d)— 

18 (i) by striking the subsection heading 

19 and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DEPUTY UNDER

21 SECRETARY FOR VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN22 ING.—’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary 

24 of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and 

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1 Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and 

2 Training’’. 

3 (5) In section 2023— 

4 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and the 

5 Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section 

6 referred to as the ‘Secretaries’)’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘Secretaries’’ each place it 

8 appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 

9 (6) In section 2065(b)(5), by striking subpara10 graph (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

11 through (H) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), re12 spectively. 

13 (7) In section 2066(a)(3), by striking subpara14 graph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

15 through (G) as subparagraphs (A) through (F), re16 spectively. 

17 (e) OTHER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 38.—Title 38, 

18 United States Code, is further amended as follows: 

19 (1) In section 542(a)(2)(B), by striking clause 

20 (i) and redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses 

21 (i) and (ii), respectively. 

22 (2) In section 544(a)(2)(B), by striking clause 

23 (i) and redesignating clauses (ii) through (vi) as 

24 clauses (i) through (v), respectively. 


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1 (3) In section 3118(b), by striking ‘‘and the As2 sistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment in the 

3 Department of Labor’’. 

4 (4) In section 3119(c), by striking ‘‘Education, 

5 the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment 

6 in the Department of Labor,’’. 

7 (5) In section 3121(a)(3)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘, (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

9 (B)’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘, and (C) one representa11 tive of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

12 Veterans’ Employment and Training of the De13 partment of Labor. (b) The Secretary shall, on 

14 a regular basis, consult with and seek the ad15 vice of the Committee with respect to the ad16 ministration of veterans’ rehabilitation pro17 grams under this title’’. 

18 (6) In section 3692(a), by striking ‘‘and the As19 sistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employ20 ment and Training shall be ex officio members’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘an ex officio member’’. 

22 (7) In section 6306— 

23 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall ar24 range with the Secretary of Labor for the State 

25 employment service to match’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘shall ensure that the State employment service 

2 matches’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of Labor,’’. 

5 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 

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