section 4112 of this title. In the case of a State that the
Secretary determines has not met the minimum standard
of performance (established by the Secretary) to qualify
for an incentive grant under subsection (c)(2) of such sec-
tion, the Secretary shall include a complete analysis of the
extent and reasons for the State’s failure to meet that
minimum standard, together with the State’s plan for cor-
rective action during the succeeding year.’’.
SEC. 4. COMMITTEE TO RAISE EMPLOYER AWARENESS OF
SKILLS OF VETERANS AND BENEFITS OF HIR-
ING VETERANS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE.—There is es-
tablished within the Department of Labor a committee to
be known as the President’s National Hire Veterans Com-
mittee (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Com-
mittee’’).
(b) DUTIES.—The Committee shall establish and
carry out a national program to do the following:
(1) To furnish information to employers with
respect to the training and skills of veterans and dis-
abled veterans, and the advantages afforded employ-
ers by hiring of veterans with such training and
skills.
(2) To facilitate employment of veterans and
disabled veterans through participation in America’s
Career Kit national labor exchange, and other
means.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The Secretary of Labor shall
appoint 12 individuals to serve as members of the Com-
mittee, of whom 9 shall be appointed from among rep-
resentatives nominated by organizations described in sub-
paragraph (A) and of whom 3 shall be appointed from
among representatives nominated by organizations de-
scribed in subparagraph (B).
(A) Organizations described in this subpara-
graph are the following:
(i) The Ad Council.
(ii) The National Committee for Employer
Support of the Guard and Reserve.
(iii) Veterans’ service organizations that
have a national employment program.
(iv) State employment security agencies.
(v) State departments of veterans affairs.
(vi) Military service organizations.
(B) Organizations described in this subpara-
graph are such business, small business, civic
groups,S and labor unions as the Secretary of Labor
determines appropriate.
(2) The following shall be ex officio, nonvoting mem-
bers of the Committee:
(A) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(B) The Secretary of Defense.
(C) The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-
erans Employment and Training.
(D) The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration.
(3) A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made.
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—(1) The Committee
shall meet at least quarterly.
(2) The Secretary of Labor shall appoint the chair-
man of the Committee.
(3)(A) Members of the Committee shall serve without
compensation.
(B) Members of the Committee shall be allowed rea-
sonable and necessary travel expenses, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for persons serv-
ing intermittently in the Government service in accordance
with the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title
5 while away from their homes or regular places of busi-
ness in the performance of the responsibilities of the Com-
mittee.
(4) The Secretary of Labor shall provide staff and
administrative support to the Committee to assist it in
carrying out its duties under this section. The Secretary
shall assure positions on the staff of the Committee are
filled by the following individuals:
(A) Staff of the Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans’ Employment and Training under sec-
tion 4102A of title 38, United States Code.
(B) Directors for Veterans’ Employment and
Training under section 4103 of such title as in effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(C) Assistant Director for Veterans’ Employ-
ment and Training under such section as in effect
on such date.
(D) Disabled veterans’ outreach program spe-
cialists under section 4103A of such title as in effect
on such date.
(E) Local veterans’ employment representatives
under section 4104 of such title as in effect on such
date.
(5) Upon request of the Committee, the head of any
Federal department or agency may detail, on a non-
reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that depart-
ment or agency to the Committee to assist it in carrying
out its duties.
(6) The Committee may contract with and com-
pensate government and private agencies or persons to
carry out the information campaign under subsection
(b)(1) without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Stat-
utes (41 U.S.C. 5).
(e) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2001
through 2003, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the activities of the Committee under
this section during the previous fiscal year, and shall in-
clude in such report data with respect to placement and
retention of veterans in jobs attributable to the activities
of the Committee.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate
60 days after submitting the report that is due on Decem-
ber 31, 2003.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Labor from the Employment Security Administration ac-
count in the Unemployment Trust Fund $3,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2001 through 2003 to carry out this
section.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS COMMENDING VETERANS
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) veterans service organizations are to be
commended for the continued assistance the organi-
zations provide veterans; and
(2) veterans service organizations should pro-
vide job placement assistance to veterans who are
job-ready by making personal computers available
with access to electronic job placement services and
programs available at local posts and through other
means.
SEC. 6. STUDY ON ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE UNITED
STATES OF LONG-TERM SUSTAINED EMPLOY-
MENT OF VETERANS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Labor shall enter into
a contract with an appropriate organization or entity to
conduct a study to quantify the economic benefit to the
United States attributable to the provision of employment
and training services under chapter 41 of title 38, United
States Code, in assisting veterans attain long-term, sus-
tained employment. Such study shall include analyses on
the impact of such employment on Federal, State, and
local tax generated by reason of such employment, the
contributions of such employment on the domestic gross
national product, and such other indictors of the impact
of such employment on the economy of the United States.
(b) REPORT.—A condition of the contract under sub-
section (a) shall be that the organization submit to the
Secretary of Labor a report on the study conducted by
the organization not later than 18 months after the date
on which that Secretary enters into such contract.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
Labor $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this sec-
tion, such sums to remain available until expended.
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