(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’ Em-
ployment and Training under such section as in 
effect on such date. 
(5) DETAIL OF PERSONNEL.—Upon request of 
the Committee, the head of any Federal department 
or agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, 
any of the personnel of that department or agency 
to the Committee to assist it in carrying out its du-
ties. 
(6) CONTRACT
WITH
PRIVATE
SECTOR
ENTI-
TY.—The Committee may enter into a contract with 
a private sector entity that has a demonstrated level 
of achievement with respect to issues pertaining to 
certification, if the Committee determines that enter-
ing into such a contract is necessary to carry out the 
duties of the Committee under subsection (b). 
(e) REPORTS.— 
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(1) QUARTERLY REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the last day of a fiscal year 
quarter, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the activities of the Committee 
under this section during that quarter. 
(2) COMMITTEE REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Committee shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a 
report containing the following: 
(A) A description of any area of employ-
ment in which a credentialing or certification 
system for veterans exists, an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of each such system, and informa-
tion on the number of eligible individuals who 
took advantage of each such system. 
(B) An identification of any area of em-
ployment in which a credentialing or certifi-
cation system for veterans could be established 
or improved during the 18-month period begin-
ning on the date on which the report under this 
paragraph is submitted. 
(C) A description of the areas of employ-
ment the Committee determines are the most 
difficult such areas for which to establish a 
credentialing or certification system for vet-
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erans and the recommendations of the Com-
mittee with respect to methods of establishing 
such a system for each such area. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 
on the date that is 60 days after the date on which it 
submits the report for the last fiscal quarter of fiscal year 
2011. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
Labor from the employment security administration ac-
count (established in section 901 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1101)) in the Unemployment Trust Fund 
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 
to carry out this section. 
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