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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5190 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater flexibility to 

States in carrying out the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program and 

employing local veterans’ employment representatives, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2016 

Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater 

flexibility to States in carrying out the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program and employing local veterans’ 

employment representatives, 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 ‘‘State Outreach for 

5 Local Veterans Employment Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) As of the day before the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, unemployment among veterans in 

3 the United States is much too high, especially con4 sidering the sacrifices veterans have made for the 

5 United States. 

6 (2) The Secretary of Labor makes available 

7 funding to the States to support disabled veterans’ 

8 outreach program specialists and local veterans’ em9 ployment representatives in each State. 

10 (3) As of the day before the date of the enact11 ment of this Act, State and local government agen12 cies and departments have significant issues with 

13 finding and connecting with veterans after they sep14 arate from service in the Armed Forces, which af15 fects the ability of those agencies and departments 

16 to offer important services to veterans. 

17 SEC. 3. GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO STATES IN CARRYING 

18 OUT DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PRO19 GRAM AND EMPLOYING LOCAL VETERANS’ 

20 EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES. 

21 (a) STATE AUTHORITY TO SELECT IMPLEMENTING

22 AGENCY.—Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United States 

23 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

24 paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(10) The Secretary may not reject a plan submitted 

2 by a State under this subsection based solely on which 

3 agency the Governor of the State selects to carry out such 

4 plan.’’. 

5 (b) COLOCATION WITH ONE-STOP CENTERS.—Sec6 tion 4102A of such title is amended by adding at the end 

7 the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(i) COLOCATION WITH ONE-STOP CENTERS.—The 

9 Secretary shall encourage the Governor of a State to co10 locate the disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists 

11 and local veterans’ employment representatives of such 

12 State with one or more one-stop centers described in sec13 tion 121(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

14 Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(e)) in such State.’’. 

15 (c) TAILORING PLANS TO MEET THE UNIQUE

16 NEEDS OF STATES.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara18 graph: 

19 ‘‘(C)(i) The Secretary shall encourage each State that 

20 submits a plan as part of an application under subpara21 graph (A) to tailor such plan to meet the employment and 

22 training needs of veterans in such State. 

23 ‘‘(ii) In a case in which a plan described in clause 

24 (i) addresses a significant barrier to employment, a State 

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1 priate for the purpose of allowing additional categories of 

2 veterans to receive services under sections 4103A and 

3 4104 of this title, subject to review and approval of such 

4 proposal by the Secretary.’’. 

5 (d) APPROVAL OF PLANS.—Subsection (c) of such 

6 section, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 

7 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(11) In any case in which a State submits a plan 

9 to the Secretary under this subsection and the Secretary 

10 objects to a portion of the plan but not the entirety of 

11 the plan, the Secretary shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) approve such portions of the plan as the 

13 Secretary does not find objectionable; 

14 ‘‘(B) submit to the State an explanation de15 scribing which portions of the plan were not ap16 proved and why; and 

17 ‘‘(C) allow the State to submit for approval re18 visions to the portions of the plan for which the Sec19 retary submitted an explanation under subparagraph 

20 (B).’’. 

21 (e) PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING.—No additional 

22 funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 

23 amendments made by this section. The amendments made 

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1 wise appropriated to carry out chapter 41 of title 38, 

2 United States Code. 

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