(c) REQUIREMENT TO PROMPTLY ESTABLISH ONE-
STOP EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.—By not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall provide one-stop services and assist-
ance to covered persons electronically by means of the Inter-
net, as defined in section 231(e)(3) of the Communications
Act of 1934, and such other electronic means to enhance
the delivery of such services and assistance.
(d) REQUIREMENT
FOR BUDGET LINE ITEM
FOR
TRAINING SERVICES INSTITUTE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of section
4106(a) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Each budget
submission with respect to such funds shall include a
separate listing of the amount for the National Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training Services Institute
together with information demonstrating the compli-
ance of such budget submission with the funding re-
quirements specified in the preceding sentence.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and apply to budget submissions
for fiscal year 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year.
(e) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
4107(c)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘(including the need’’
and all that follows through ‘‘representatives)’’.
(2) Section 3117(a)(2)(B) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(B) utilization of employment, training, and
placement services under chapter 41 of this title;
and’’.
SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN VETERANS EM-
PLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES.
(a) INCLUSION OF INTENSIVE SERVICES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Section 4101 is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) The term ‘intensive services’ means local
employment and training services of the type de-
scribed in section 134(d)(3) of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 1998.’’.
(B) Section 4102 is amended by striking ‘‘job
and job training counseling service program,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘job and job training intensive services pro-
gram,’’.
(C) Section 4106(a) is amended by striking
‘‘proper counseling’’ and inserting ‘‘proper intensive
services’’.
(D) Section 4107(a) is amended by striking ‘‘em-
ployment counseling services’’ and inserting ‘‘inten-
sive services’’.
(E) Section 4107(c)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘the number counseled’’ and inserting ‘‘the number
who received intensive services’’.
(F) Section 4109(a) is amended by striking
‘‘counseling,’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘intensive services,’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) ADDITIONAL VETS DUTY TO IMPLEMENT TRANSI-
TIONS TO CIVILIAN CAREERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Section 4102 is amended
by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, including pro-
grams carried out by the Veterans’ Employment and
Training Service to implement all efforts to ease the
transition of servicemembers to civilian careers that
are consistent with, or an outgrowth of, the military
experience of the servicemembers.’’.
(B) Such section is further amended by striking
‘‘and veterans of the Vietnam era’’ and inserting
‘‘and veterans who served on active duty during a
war or in a campaign or expedition for which a cam-
paign badge has been authorized’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) MODERNIZATION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DE-
LIVERY POINTS TO INCLUDE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVA-
TIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4101(7) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(7) The term ‘employment service delivery sys-
tem’ means a service delivery system at which or
through which labor exchange services, including em-
ployment, training, and placement services, are of-
fered in accordance with the Wagner-Peyser Act.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(d) INCREASE IN ACCURACY OF REPORTING SERVICES
FURNISHED TO VETERANS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—(A) Section 4107(c)(1) is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘veterans of the Vietnam
era,’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and eligible persons who
registered for assistance with’’ and inserting ‘‘el-
igible persons, recently separated veterans (as de-
fined in section 4211(6) of this title), and
servicemembers transitioning to civilian careers
who registered for assistance with, or who are
identified as veterans by,’’.
(B) Section 4107(c)(2) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘the job placement rate’’ the
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the rate of
entered employment (as determined in a manner
consistent with State performance measures ap-
plicable under section 136(b) of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘the job placement rate’’ the
second place it appears and inserting ‘‘such rate
of entered employment (as so determined)’’.
(C) Section 4107(c)(4) is amended by striking
‘‘sections 4103A and 4104’’ and inserting ‘‘section
4212(d)’’.
(D) Section 4107(c) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4);
(ii) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) a report on the operation during the pre-
ceding program year of the program of performance
incentive awards for quality employment services
under section 4112 of this title, including an analysis
of the amount of incentives distributed to each State
and the rationale for such distribution.’’.
(E) Section 4107(b), as amended by section
4(a)(3)(B), is further amended by striking the second
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than
February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall report to
the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and
the House of Representatives on the performance of
States and organizations and entities carrying out
employment, training, and placement services under
this chapter, as measured under subsection (b)(7) of
section 4102A of this title. In the case of a State that
the Secretary determines has not met the minimum
standard of performance (established by the Secretary
under subsection (f) of such section), the Secretary
shall include an analysis of the extent and reasons for
the State’s failure to meet that minimum standard,
together with the State’s plan for corrective action
during the succeeding year.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to reports for program
years beginning on or after July 1, 2002.
(e) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF NVETSI TO
PROVIDE TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL OF OTHER DEPART-
MENTS AND AGENCIES.—Section 4109 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as
preventing the Institute to enter into contracts or agree-
ments with departments or agencies of the United States
or of a State, or with other organizations, to carry out
training of personnel of such departments, agencies, or or-
ganizations in the provision of services referred to in sub-
section (a).
‘‘(2) All proceeds collected by the Institute under a con-
tract or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be
applied to the applicable appropriation.’’.
SEC. 6. COMMITTEE TO RAISE EMPLOYER AWARENESS OF
SKILLS OF VETERANS AND BENEFITS OF HIR-
ING VETERANS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is estab-
lished within the Department of Labor a committee to be
known as the President’s National Hire Veterans Com-
mittee (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mittee’’).
(b) DUTIES.—The Committee shall establish and carry
out a national program to do the following:
(1) To furnish information to employers with re-
spect to the training and skills of veterans and dis-
abled veterans, and the advantages afforded employers
by hiring veterans with such training and skills.
(2) To facilitate employment of veterans and dis-
abled veterans through participation in America’s
Career Kit national labor exchange, and other means.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall
appoint 15 individuals to serve as members of the Com-
mittee, of whom one shall be appointed from among rep-
resentatives nominated by each organization described in
subparagraph (A) and of whom eight shall be appointed
from among representatives nominated by organizations de-
scribed in subparagraph (B).
(A) Organizations described in this subpara-
graph are the following:
(i) The Ad Council.
(ii) The National Committee for Employer
Support of the Guard and Reserve.
(iii) Veterans’ service organizations that
have a national employment program.
(iv) State employment security agencies.
(v) One-stop career centers.
(vi) State departments of veterans affairs.
(vii) Military service organizations.
(B) Organizations described in this subpara-
graph are such businesses, small businesses, indus-
tries, companies in the private sector that furnish
placement services, civic groups, workforce investment
boards, and labor unions as the Secretary of Labor
determines appropriate.
(2) The following shall be ex officio, nonvoting mem-
bers of the Committee:
(A) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(B) The Secretary of Defense.
(C) The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans’ Employment and Training.
(D) The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration.
(E) The Postmaster General.
(F) The Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement.
(3) A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—(1) The Committee
shall meet not less frequently than once each calendar quar-
ter.
(2) The Secretary of Labor shall appoint the chairman
of the Committee.
(3)(A) Members of the Committee shall serve without
compensation.
(B) Members of the Committee shall be allowed reason-
able and necessary travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for persons serving
intermittently in the Government service in accordance
with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title
5 while away from their homes or regular places of business
in the performance of the responsibilities of the Committee.
(4) The Secretary of Labor shall provide staff and ad-
ministrative support to the Committee to assist it in car-
rying out its duties under this section. The Secretary shall
assure positions on the staff of the Committee include posi-
tions that are filled by individuals that are now, or have
ever been, employed as one of the following:
(A) Staff of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Veterans’ Employment and Training under section
4102A of title 38, United States Code as in effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Directors for Veterans’ Employment and
Training under section 4103 of such title as in effect
on such date.
(C) Assistant Director for Veterans’ Employment
and Training under such section as in effect on such
date.
(D) Disabled veterans’ outreach program special-
ists under section 4103A of such title as in effect on
such date.
(E) Local veterans’ employment representatives
under section 4104 of such title as in effect on such
date.
(5) Upon request of the Committee, the head of any
Federal department or agency may detail, on a non-
reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department
or agency to the Committee to assist it in carrying out its
duties.
(6) The Committee may contract with and compensate
government and private agencies or persons to furnish in-
formation to employers under subsection (b)(1) without re-
gard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5).
(e) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2003, 2004,
and 2005, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress
a report on the activities of the Committee under this sec-
tion during the previous fiscal year, and shall include in
such report data with respect to placement and retention
of veterans in jobs attributable to the activities of the Com-
mittee.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 60
days after submitting the report that is due on December
31, 2005.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor
from the employment security administration account (es-
tablished in section 901 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1101)) in the Unemployment Trust Fund
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2005 to
carry out this section.
SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS COMMENDING VETERANS AND
MILITARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) veterans and military service organizations
are to be commended for the continued assistance the
organizations provide veterans; and
(2) veterans and military service organizations
are encouraged to provide job placement assistance to
veterans who are job-ready by making personal com-
puters with access to electronic job placement services
and programs available to veterans at local posts and
through other means.
SEC. 8. STUDY ON ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE UNITED
STATES OF LONG-TERM SUSTAINED EMPLOY-
MENT OF VETERANS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Labor shall enter into
a contract with an appropriate organization or entity to
conduct a study to quantify the economic benefit to the
United States attributable to the provision of employment
and training services under chapter 41 of title 38, United
States Code, in assisting veterans to attain long-term, sus-
tained employment. Such study shall include analyses on
the impact of such employment on Federal, State, and local
tax generated by reason of such employment, the contribu-
tions of such employment on the domestic gross national
product, and such other indicators of the effect of such em-
ployment on the economy of the United States.
(b) REPORT.—A condition of the contract under sub-
section (a) shall be that the organization submit to the Sec-
retary of Labor a report on the study conducted by the orga-
nization not later than 18 months after the date on which
that Secretary enters into such contract.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor
$1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section, such
sums to remain available until expended.
Union Calendar No. 286
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4015
[Report No. 107–476]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise
and improve employment, training, and place-
ment services furnished to veterans, and for
other purposes.
MAY 20, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed