I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6455 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a veterans jobs 
corps, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Ms. BROWN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
Science, Space, and Technology, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Foreign 
Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish 
a veterans jobs corps, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Jobs Corps 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. VETERANS JOBS CORPS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall, in cooperation with the Attorney General, 
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the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Commanding General of the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers, establish a veterans jobs 
corps to employ veterans— 
(1) in conservation, resource management, and 
historic preservation projects on public lands and 
maintenance and improvement projects for ceme-
teries under the jurisdiction of the National Ceme-
tery Administration; and 
(2) as firefighters and law enforcement officers. 
(b) CONSERVATION, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HIS-
TORIC PRESERVATION, AND CEMETERY MAINTENANCE 
AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As part of the veterans jobs 
corps, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commanding 
General of the United States Army Corps of Engi-
neers shall— 
(A) employ veterans to carry out projects 
described in subsection (a)(1); or 
(B) award grants to, or enter into con-
tracts with, State governments, local govern-
ments, or nongovernmental entities to employ 
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veterans to carry out projects described in sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) PRIORITY.—In employing or awarding 
grants or contracts to employ veterans under this 
subsection, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com-
merce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Com-
manding General of the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers shall give priority towards the employ-
ment of veterans who served on active duty in the 
Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall coordinate the activities of the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Com-
manding General of the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers to employ veterans as part of the vet-
erans job corps. 
(4) OVERSIGHT OF PROJECTS.—The secretaries 
referred to in paragraph (1) and the Commanding 
General of the United States Army Corps of Engi-
neers shall each provide oversight of the projects for 
which they employ veterans under subparagraph (A) 
of such paragraph or award grants or enter into 
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contracts under subparagraph (B) of such para-
graph. 
(c) FIRST RESPONDERS.— 
(1) FIREFIGHTERS.—As part of the veterans 
jobs corps, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
award grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229a) to hire veterans as firefighters. 
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—As part of 
the veterans jobs corps, the Attorney General shall 
award grants under part Q of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) to hire veterans as law en-
forcement officers. 
(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection to hire veterans, the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Attorney General shall give 
priority to the hiring of veterans who served on ac-
tive duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 
11, 2001. 
(d) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may provide assistance to the secretaries de-
scribed in subsection (a), the Attorney General, and 
the Commanding General of the United States Army 
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