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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6401 
To require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot program on providing 
veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate 
online job searches, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 
Mr. MEEHAN (for himself, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. BUCSHON, and Mr. BILI-
RAKIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Labor to carry out a pilot pro-
gram on providing veterans with access at One-Stop Cen-
ters to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVIDING VETERANS 
WITH ACCESS AT ONE-STOP CENTERS TO 
INTERNET WEBSITES TO FACILITATE ONLINE 
JOB SEARCHES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor 
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shall commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility 
and advisability of providing veterans seeking employment 
with access to computing facilities to facilitate the access 
of such veterans to Internet websites that— 
(1) match such veterans with available jobs 
based on the skills the veterans acquired as members 
of the Armed Forces; and 
(2) allow employers to post information about 
available jobs. 
(b) DURATION.—The pilot program required by sub-
section (a) shall be carried out during the one-year period 
beginning on the date on which the Secretary commences 
the pilot program. 
(c) LOCATIONS.—The pilot program shall be carried 
out at such one-stop centers and such other locations as 
the Secretary of Labor considers appropriate for purposes 
of the pilot program. 
(d) 
ASSISTANCE
WITH
USE
OF
INTERNET 
WEBSITES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 
the Secretary of Labor shall provide each veteran 
using computing facilities made available under the 
pilot program with assistance in using such facilities 
to find employment via Internet websites described 
in subsection (a). 
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(2) DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM 
SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT 
REPRESENTATIVES.—Each State that employs a dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialist under 
section 4103A of title 38, United States Code, or a 
local veterans’ employment representative under sec-
tion 4104 of such title shall make such employees 
available to the Secretary of Labor for purposes of 
providing assistance under paragraph (1). 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 455 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a report on the pilot program 
that includes the findings of the Secretary with respect 
to the feasibility and advisability of providing computing 
facilities as described in subsection (a) with assistance as 
described in subsection (d) at all one-stop centers. 
(f) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Labor to make grants or contracts under section 
4102A(b)(5) of title 38, United States Code, shall be 
available to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program 
required by subsection (a). 
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(g) ONE-STOP CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘one-stop center’’ means a center described in 
section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2864(c)). 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT 
BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON 
USE OF AUTHORITIES TO ENHANCE RETEN-
TION OF EXPERIENCED NURSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7324 of title 38, United 
States Code, is hereby repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 73 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 7324. 
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