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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a Veterans’

Employment and Training Bill of Rights, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 9, 1995

Mr. MONTGOMERY (for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, and Mr. MASCARA) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a

Veterans’ Employment and Training Bill of Rights, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Employment

5 and Training Bill of Rights Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC 2. VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING BILL OF

7 RIGHTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4100 of title 38, United

9 States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘§ 4100. Veterans’ Employment and Training Bill of

2 Rights

3 ‘‘(a) A veteran is entitled to priority of services under

4 any federally-funded (in whole or in part) work-force prep5 aration, development, or delivery program if—

6 ‘‘(1) the veteran otherwise meets the eligibility

7 requirements for participating in such program; and

8 ‘‘(2) the veteran enters such program before the

9 end of the 10-year period beginning on the date of

10 discharge or release of such veteran from active

11 duty.

12 ‘‘(b) In addition to subsection (a), the entity that ad13 ministers or delivers services under a program described

14 in subsection (a) shall be responsible for the following:

15 ‘‘(1) Providing information and effective refer16 ral assistance to veterans regarding benefits and

17 services that may be obtained through other entities

18 or service providers.

19 ‘‘(2) Ensuring that each veteran assisted by a

20 program referred to in subsection (a) is informed of

21 the employment-related rights, benefits, and privi22 leges to which the veteran is entitled under this sec23 tion.

24 ‘‘(c) Veterans shall be given priority and preference

25 under subsection (a) in the following order:

26 ‘‘(1) Special disabled veterans.
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1 ‘‘(2) Any veteran not described in paragraph

2 (1).

3 ‘‘(d) Each State or local council, board, or advisory

4 body established in support of a program described in sub5 section (a) shall include adequate representation from the

6 veterans’ community.

7 ‘‘(e) The Secretary of Labor shall submit an annual

8 report to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen9 ate and House of Representatives which shall include such

10 information as the Secretary of Labor determines nec11 essary to ensure that veterans are being served by pro12 grams described in subsection (a) and that the services

13 of such programs are in proportion to the incidence of rep14 resentation of veterans in the labor market, including

15 within groups targeted by such programs, if any. The Sec16 retary of Labor shall promulgate such regulations and

17 procedures as may be necessary to ensure that such re18 ports are provided.

19 ‘‘(f) For the purposes of this section, a federally20 funded (in whole or in part) work-force preparation, devel21 opment, or delivery program includes (1) programs within

22 the public employment service system, one-stop career cen23 ters, the Job Training Partnership Act, a demonstration

24 or other temporary program, and those programs imple-
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1 mented by States based on Federal block grants, and (2)

2 programs targeted to specific groups.’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating

4 to section 4100 in the table of sections at the beginning

5 of chapter 41 of such title is amended to read as follows:

‘‘4100. Veterans’ Employment and Training Bill of Rights.’’.

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