Corps of Engineers to carry out the veterans jobs 
corps. Such assistance may take the form of a trans-
fer under paragraph (2). 
(2) TRANSFERS.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this subsection, of amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to carry out this section, the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs may transfer such amounts as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to carry out the vet-
erans jobs corps to the following: 
(A) The Attorney General. 
(B) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(C) The Secretary of Commerce. 
(D) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(E) The Secretary of the Interior. 
(F) The Commanding General of the 
United States Army Corps of Engineers. 
(3) ASSISTANCE
FOR
CONSERVATION, 
RE-
SOURCE
MANAGEMENT, HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, 
AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROJECTS.— 
(A) APPLICATION.—If a secretary referred 
to in subsection (b)(1) or the Commanding 
General of the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers seeks assistance under paragraph (1) 
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to employ a veteran to carry out a project 
under subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or 
to award a grant or contract to carry out a 
project under subparagraph (B) of such sub-
section, such secretary or the Commanding 
General shall submit to the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs an application therefor at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may require. 
(B) SELECTION.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall, in consultation with the 
steering committee established under subpara-
graph (C), award assistance under this para-
graph in accordance with such criteria as the 
steering committee establishes. 
(C) STEERING COMMITTEE.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall establish a steering 
committee— 
(I) to establish selection criteria 
for the awarding of assistance under 
paragraph (1) to employ a veteran to 
carry out a project under subpara-
graph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or to 
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award a grant or contract to carry out 
a project under subparagraph (B) of 
such subsection; and 
(II) to provide the Secretary of 
Veterans 
Affairs 
with 
advice 
on 
awarding assistance under this sub-
section with respect to projects de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) and car-
rying out the veterans jobs corps 
under subsection (b). 
(ii) COMPOSITION.—The steering com-
mittee shall be composed of the following: 
(I) The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
(II) The Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
(III) The Secretary of Com-
merce. 
(IV) The Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
(V) The Commanding General of 
the United States Army Corps of En-
gineers. 
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(iii) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson 
of the steering committee shall be the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
(iv) ADVISORY INPUT.—The Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Labor may 
provide advice to the steering committee. 
(4) ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.—Not 
more than 10 percent of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs to carry out this section may be trans-
ferred to the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to employ veterans under sub-
section (c). 
(e) REPORTING FRAMEWORK.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall establish a reporting framework to reg-
ularly monitor and evaluate the veterans jobs corps to en-
sure proper oversight and accountability of the veterans 
jobs corps. 
(f) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that veterans employed under the veterans 
jobs corps are aware of benefits and assistance available 
to them under laws administered by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There is available without 
further appropriation to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out this section, $1,000,000,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2012 through 2017. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Of amounts made appro-
priated or otherwise made available to carry out this 
section, not more than five percent may be spent to 
administer the veterans jobs corps. 
(h) VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM ON PROVIDING VETERANS WITH 
ACCESS AT ONE-STOP CENTERS TO INTER-
NET 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 
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 
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(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). 
(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 
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