I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2056 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity 
credit to certain recently discharged veterans, to improve the coordination 
of veteran job training services between the Department of Labor, the 
Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of Defense, to 
require transparency for Executive departments in meeting the Govern-
ment-wide goals for contracting with small business concerns owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2013 
Ms. SCHWARTZ (for herself, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. BARBER, Mr. 
BERA of California, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. 
CARNEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. DAVIS 
of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ENYART, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HECK of Wash-
ington, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MURPHY
of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. JONES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. 
BISHOP of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs, Armed Services, Small Business, and Education and 
the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
the work opportunity credit to certain recently discharged 
veterans, to improve the coordination of veteran job 
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training services between the Department of Labor, the 
Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Department of 
Defense, to require transparency for Executive depart-
ments in meeting the Government-wide goals for con-
tracting with small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Veteran Employment 
Transition Act’’. 
TITLE I—WORK OPPORTUNITY 
CREDIT FOR RECENTLY DIS-
CHARGED VETERANS 
SEC. 101. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN RE-
CENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
51(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ‘‘means any veteran who is’’ and inserting 
‘‘means any recently discharged veteran, or any veteran 
if such veteran is’’. 
(b) RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERAN.—Paragraph 
(3) of section 51(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D), and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERAN.— 
For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term 
‘recently discharged veteran’ means— 
‘‘(i) any individual who is described in 
clause (i) of subparagraph (B) (without re-
gard to certification), and 
‘‘(ii) any member of the National 
Guard who has served for more than 180 
consecutive days of— 
‘‘(I) active duty (within the 
meaning of title 32, United States 
Code) other than for training, 
‘‘(II) full-time National Guard 
duty (within the meaning of such title 
32) other than for training, 
‘‘(III) duty, other than inactive 
duty or duty for training, in State 
status (within the meaning of such 
title 32), or 
‘‘(IV) any combination of duty 
described in subclause (I), (II), or 
(III), 
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who has been discharged or released from duty 
meeting such requirements at any time during 
the 5-year period ending on the hiring date. 
Such term shall not include any veteran who 
begins work for the employer before the date of 
the enactment of the Veteran Employment 
Transition Act.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 51(d) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (13) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) PRE-SCREENING OF RECENTLY DIS-
CHARGED VETERANS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘pre-screening 
notice’ shall include any documentation 
provided to an individual by the Depart-
ment of Defense or the National Guard 
upon release or discharge from the Armed 
Forces or from service in the National 
Guard which includes information suffi-
cient to establish that such individual sat-
isfies 
the 
requirements 
of 
paragraph 
(3)(C). 
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‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION NOT 
REQUIRED.—Subparagraph (A) shall be 
applied without regard to clause (ii)(II) 
thereof in the case of a recently discharged 
veteran who provides to the employer docu-
mentation described in clause (i).’’, and 
(2) by striking paragraph (14). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to individuals 
whose hiring date (as defined in section 51(d)(11) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) is on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOCUMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Defense 
and the National Guard, as applicable, shall pro-
vide— 
(A) to each individual who is discharged or 
released from active duty in the Armed Forces 
of the United States on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(B) to each member of the National Guard 
who is released from duty described in section 
51(d)(3)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (as added by this Act) on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act; 
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documentation described in paragraph (4) (in addi-
tion to the documentation which, without regard to 
this subsection, is provided at the time of such dis-
charge or release). If the documentation which is 
provided without regard to this subsection at the 
time of the discharge or release described in the pre-
ceding sentence does not include information suffi-
cient to satisfy the requirements of section 
51(d)(13)(E)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (as added by this Act), the Department of De-
fense or the National Guard, whichever is applicable, 
shall provide additional documentation which in-
cludes such information. 
(2) INFORMATIONAL
BRIEFING
AS
PART
OF 
PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.—In the case of an 
individual who is discharged or released from duty 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph 
(1) after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Department of Defense or the National Guard, 
whichever is applicable, shall inform such individual, 
as a part of the individual preseparation counseling 
required by section 1142 of title 10, United States 
Code, of the credit for employment of recently dis-
charged veterans under section 51 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
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(3) REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTATION.—The De-
partment of Defense or the National Guard, which-
ever is applicable, shall provide upon request the 
documentation required by paragraph (1) to any in-
dividual who is discharged or released from duty de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) of such para-
graph during the 5-year period preceding and in-
cluding the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF WORK OPPOR-
TUNITY CREDIT.—The documentation described in 
this paragraph is a document which includes— 
(A) instructions for an individual to ensure 
treatment as a recently discharged veteran for 
purposes of section 51(d)(3)(C) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act), 
(B) instructions for employers detailing the 
use of the credit under such section 51 with re-
spect to such individual, and 
(C) the dates during which the credit 
under such section 51 is available. 
Such instructions shall be developed in collaboration 
with the Internal Revenue Service. 
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SEC. 102. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT MADE PERMANENT 
FOR VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of section 51(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(4) TERMINATION.—The term ‘wages’ shall 
not include any amount paid or incurred to any indi-
vidual who— 
‘‘(A) is not a qualified veteran, and 
‘‘(B) begins work for the employer after 
December 31, 2013.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2013. 
TITLE 
II—VETERAN 
EMPLOY-
MENT AND TRAINING SERV-
ICES 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) DISABLED VETERAN.—The term ‘‘disabled 
veteran’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
4211 of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) ECONOMICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED
VETERAN.—The term ‘‘economically 
and educationally disadvantaged veteran’’ means 
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such a veteran, within the meaning of chapter 41 of 
title 38, United States Code. 
(3) REHABILITATION PLAN.—The term ‘‘reha-
bilitation plan’’ means an individualized plan formu-
lated for a veteran under section 3107 of title 38, 
United States Code, that has an employment objec-
tive. 
(4) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(5) VETERAN
JOB
TRAINING
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘veteran job training program’’ means— 
(A) the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Pro-
gram carried out under section 4103A of title 
38, United States Code; 
(B) the Homeless Veterans Reintegration 
Program carried out under section 2021 of that 
title; 
(C) the Local Veterans’ Employment Rep-
resentative Program carried out under section 
4104 of that title; 
(D) the Transition Assistance Program 
carried out under section 1144 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
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