SEC. 2. VETERAN EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish a program to award grants to 
States to assist the employment of veterans. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary may award a grant 
under this section to a State that— 
(1) is carrying out a program to assist the em-
ployment of veterans; or 
(2) was carrying out such a program but does 
not have sufficient funding to continue the program. 
(c) USE OF GRANT.—A State may use a grant award-
ed under this section to provide veterans with— 
(1) quarterly job fairs or other similar forums 
in which the State assists veterans in meeting poten-
tial employers; 
(2) employment resources on an Internet Web 
site, including through maintaining or establishing a 
Web site containing job listings, a resume bank, or 
employment advice or other information; 
(3) in-person employment assistance, including 
resume-building and job-placement services; 
(4) workshops or seminars that cover business 
or office conduct, the job interview process, how to 
apply for a job, and other similar information; and 
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(5) training of technology skills, including train-
ing with respect to the Internet and widely used 
word-processing, spreadsheet, and presentation soft-
ware. 
(d) NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 
(1) NUMBER.—The Secretary may award more 
than one grant under this section to a State. 
(2) AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this sec-
tion may not exceed $100,000. 
(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall submit to the Secretary an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section a total of $5,000,000. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF WORK OPPOR-
TUNITY TAX CREDIT FOR CERTAIN VET-
ERANS. 
(a) TEMPORARY EXTENSION AND INCREASE.—Sub-
paragraph (A) of section 51(d)(14) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘unemployed veteran or’’, 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or any unemployed veteran 
who begins work for the employer after December 
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31, 2011, and before January 1, 2017,’’ after ‘‘or 
2010’’, and 
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, and subsection (b)(3) shall be applied 
with respect to any such unemployed veteran by sub-
stituting ‘$14,000’ for ‘$6,000’ ’’. 
(b) PERMANENT RULE FOR VETERAN-OWNED BUSI-
NESS.—Paragraph (14) of section 51(d) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR VETERAN-OWNED 
EMPLOYER.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
unemployed veteran who begins work for a 
veteran-owned employer after December 
31, 2016, and was hired through a State 
job fair or forum described in section 
2(c)(1) of the Heroes Hiring Heroes Act of 
2011— 
‘‘(I) such unemployed veteran 
shall be treated as a member of a tar-
geted group for purposes of this sub-
part, and 
‘‘(II) subsection (a) shall be ap-
plied by increasing by 20 percent the 
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percentage applicable to the qualified 
first-year wages of such employee. 
‘‘(ii) VETERAN-OWNED EMPLOYER.— 
The term ‘veteran-owned employer’ means 
any employer who is a person listed in the 
database maintained by the Secretary of 
Defense under section 8127(f) of title 38, 
United States Code, as a small business 
concern which is owned and controlled by 
veterans.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 51(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following new flush sentence: 
‘‘The preceding sentence shall not apply to wages paid or 
incurred to an unemployed veteran.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2011. 
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