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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 832 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor 

to enter into a contract for the conduct of a longitudinal study of 

the job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans provided 

by the Secretary, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 

Mr. COOK (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contract for the conduct 

of a longitudinal study of the job counseling, training, 

and placement services for veterans provided by the Secretary, 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 Service Longitudinal Study Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF JOB COUNSELING, 

2 TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR 

3 VETERANS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 41 of title 38, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 4115. Longitudinal study of job counseling, train8 ing, and placement service for veterans 

9 ‘‘(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary shall 

10 enter into a contract with a non-government entity to con11 duct a longitudinal study of a statistically valid sample 

12 of each of the groups of individuals described in paragraph 

13 (2). The contract shall provide for the study of each such 

14 group over a period of at least five years. 

15 ‘‘(2) The groups of individuals described in this para16 graph are the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) Veterans who have received intensive serv18 ices. 

19 ‘‘(B) Veterans who did not receive intensive 

20 services but who otherwise received services under 

21 this chapter. 

22 ‘‘(C) Veterans who did not seek or receive serv23 ices under this chapter. 

24 ‘‘(3) The study required by this subsection shall in25 clude the collection of the following information for each 

26 individual who participates in the study: 


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1 ‘‘(A) The average number of months such indi2 vidual served on active duty. 

3 ‘‘(B) The distribution of disability ratings of 

4 such individual. 

5 ‘‘(C) Any unemployment benefits received by 

6 such individual. 

7 ‘‘(D) The average number of months such indi8 vidual was employed during the year covered by the 

9 report. 

10 ‘‘(E) The average annual starting and ending 

11 salaries of any such individual who was employed 

12 during the year covered by the report. 

13 ‘‘(F) The average annual income of such indi14 vidual. 

15 ‘‘(G) The average total household income of 

16 such individual for the year covered by the report. 

17 ‘‘(H) The percentage of such individuals who 

18 own their principal residences. 

19 ‘‘(I) The employment status of such individual. 

20 ‘‘(J) In the case of such an individual who re21 ceived services under this chapter, whether the indi22 vidual believes that any service provided by a dis23 abled veterans’ outreach specialist or local veterans’ 

24 employment representative helped the individual to 

25 become employed. 


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1 ‘‘(K) In the case of such an individual who be2 lieves such a service helped the individual to become 

3 employed, whether— 

4 ‘‘(i) the individual retained the position of 

5 employment for a period of one year or longer; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the individual believes such a service 

8 helped the individual to secure a higher wage or 

9 salary. 

10 ‘‘(L) The conditions under which such indi11 vidual was discharged or released from the Armed 

12 Forces. 

13 ‘‘(M) Whether such individual has used any 

14 educational assistance to which the individual is en15 titled under this title. 

16 ‘‘(N) Whether such individual has participated 

17 in a rehabilitation program under chapter 31 of this 

18 title. 

19 ‘‘(O) Demographic information about such indi20 vidual. 

21 ‘‘(P) Such other information as the Secretary 

22 determines appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) By not later than July 

24 1 of each year covered by the study required under sub25 section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 


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1 on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep2 resentatives a report on the outcomes of the study during 

3 the preceding year. 

4 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall include in each annual re5 port submitted under paragraph (1) any information the 

6 Secretary determines is necessary to determine the long7 term outcomes of the individuals in the groups described 

8 in subsection (a)(2).’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

10 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘4115. Longitudinal study of job counseling, training, and placement service for 

veterans.’’. 

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