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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3316 

To require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing 

veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate 

online job searches, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20, 2012 

Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. BURR) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, 

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. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVIDING VETERANS 

4 WITH ACCESS AT ONE-STOP CENTERS TO 

5 INTERNET WEBSITES TO FACILITATE ONLINE 

6 JOB SEARCHES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor 


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1 shall commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility 

2 and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment 

3 with access to computing facilities to facilitate the access 

4 of such veterans to Internet websites that— 

5 (1) match such veterans with available jobs 

6 based on the skills the veterans acquired as members 

7 of the Armed Forces; and 

8 (2) allow employers to post information about 

9 available jobs. 

10 (b) DURATION.—The pilot program required by sub11 section (a) shall be carried out during the one-year period 

12 beginning on the date on which the Secretary commences 

13 the pilot program. 

14 (c) LOCATIONS.—The pilot program shall be carried 

15 out at such one-stop centers and such other locations as 

16 the Secretary of Labor considers appropriate for purposes 

17 of the pilot program. 

18 (d) ASSISTANCE WITH USE OF INTERNET

19 WEBSITES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 

21 the Secretary of Labor shall provide each veteran 

22 using computing facilities made available under the 

23 pilot program with assistance in using such facilities 

24 to find employment via Internet websites described 

25 in subsection (a). 


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1 (2) DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM

2 SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT

3 REPRESENTATIVES.—Each State that employs a dis4 abled veterans’ outreach program specialist under 

5 section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, or a 

6 local veterans’ employment representative under sec7 tion 4104 of such title shall make such employees 

8 available to the Secretary of Labor for purposes of 

9 providing assistance under paragraph (1). 

10 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 455 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 

12 submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

13 Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

14 the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 

16 House of Representatives a report on the pilot program 

17 that includes the findings of the Secretary with respect 

18 to the feasibility and advisability of providing computing 

19 facilities as described in subsection (a) with assistance as 

20 described in subsection (d) at all one-stop centers. 

21 (f) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec22 retary of Labor to make grants or contracts under section 

23 4102A(b)(5) of title 38, United States Code, shall be 

24 available to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program 

25 required by subsection (a). 


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1 (g) ONE-STOP CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘one-stop center’’ means a center described in 

3 section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

4 (29 U.S.C. 2864(c)). 

5 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT 

6 BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON 

7 USE OF AUTHORITIES TO ENHANCE RETEN8 TION OF EXPERIENCED NURSES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7324 of title 38, United 

10 States Code, is hereby repealed. 

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

12 at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended 

13 by striking the item relating to section 7324. 

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