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Union Calendar No. 54 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1088 

[Report No. 111–110] 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a one-year period 

for the training of new disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists 

and local veterans’ employment representatives by National Veterans’ 

Employment and Training Services Institute. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2009 

Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

MAY 14, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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

one-year period for the training of new disabled veterans’ 

outreach program specialists and local veterans’ employment representatives by National Veterans’ Employment 

and Training Services Institute. 

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

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandatory Veteran 

3 Specialist Training Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ONE-YEAR PERIOD FOR TRAINING OF NEW DIS5 ABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM 

6 SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EM7 PLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES BY NATIONAL 

8 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 

9 SERVICES INSTITUTE. 

10 (a) ONE-YEAR PERIOD.—Section 4102A(c)(8)(A) of 

11 title 38, United States Code is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘three-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘one-year period’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

14 (1) APPLICABILITY TO NEW EMPLOYEES.—The 

15 amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 

16 respect to a State employee assigned to perform the 

17 duties of a disabled veterans’ outreach program spe18 cialist or a local veterans’ employment representative 

19 under chapter 41 of such title who is so assigned on 

20 or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 (2) APPLICABILITY TO PREVIOUSLY-HIRED EM22 PLOYEES.—In the case of such a State employee 

23 who is so assigned on or after January 1, 2006, and 

24 before the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

25 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall require the State 

26 to require, as a condition of a grant or contract 

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1 under which funds are made available to the State 

2 in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 of title 

3 38, United States Code, each such employee to satis4 factorily complete the training described in section 

5 4102A(c)(8)(A) of such title by not later than the 

6 date that is one year after the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act. 

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Union Calendar No. 54 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1088 

[Report No. 111–110] 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 

Services Institute. National Veterans’ Employment and Training local veterans’ employment representatives by abled veterans’ outreach program specialists and for a one-year period for the training of new disMAY 14, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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