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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1316 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of 

the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans’ Employment and Training. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2013 

Mr. FLORES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans’ Employment and Training. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS OF 

4 VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. 

5 Section 4103 of title 38, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub8 section (c); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol10 lowing new subsection (b): 


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1 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Director and Assist2 ant Director assigned to a State under subsection (a) shall 

3 carry out the following responsibilities: 

4 ‘‘(1) Monitoring the performance of veterans’ 

5 training and employment programs in the State, 

6 with special emphasis on services to disabled vet7 erans. 

8 ‘‘(2) Monitoring the performance of the State 

9 workforce agency in complying with section 4212 of 

10 this title. 

11 ‘‘(3) Suggesting to the Assistant Secretary of 

12 Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training cor13 rective actions that could be taken by the State 

14 workforce agency to address deficiencies in the per15 formance of veterans’ training and employment pro16 grams in the State. 

17 ‘‘(4) Annually negotiating with the State work18 force agency to establish performance goals for vet19 erans’ training and employment programs in the 

20 State. 

21 ‘‘(5) Reviewing the State’s requests for funding 

22 for veterans’ training and employment programs and 

23 providing advice to the State workforce agency and 

24 the Assistant Secretary regarding such funding re25 quests. 


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1 ‘‘(6) Conducting outreach to inform employers 

2 in the State regarding their rights and responsibil3 ities under chapter 43 of this title and of veterans 

4 preferences and Federal contractors’ and sub5 contractors’ affirmative action programs to hire vet6 erans. 

7 ‘‘(7) Managing programs to administer and in8 vestigate chapter 43 of this title, veterans pref9 erences under Federal and State laws, and federal 

10 contractors’ and subcontractors’ affirmative action 

11 programs to hire veterans. 

12 ‘‘(8) Forwarding complaints regarding possible 

13 violations of chapter 43 of this title to the appro14 priate Regional Administrator or to the to the As15 sistant Secretary, as required. 

16 ‘‘(9) Other duties as assigned by the Assistant 

17 Secretary as directed. 

18 ‘‘(10) Carrying out grant officer technical rep19 resentative responsibilities for grants issued under 

20 programs administered by the Department. 

21 ‘‘(11) Providing advice to the State workforce 

22 agency on strategies to market veterans to employ23 ers. 

24 ‘‘(12) Supervising and managing all support 

25 staff, including Assistant Directors, establishing 


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1 workload priorities, managing all personnel actions, 

2 and evaluating all assigned personnel. 

3 ‘‘(13) Submitting to the Assistant Secretary 

4 regular reports on the matters described in para5 graphs (1), (2), (4), and (10), and any other mat6 ters the Director or Assistant Secretary determine 

7 appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(14) Performing such other related duties as 

9 directed by the Assistant Secretary.’’. 

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