made available in connection with such functions, as 
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
Act. The Director shall provide for the termination 
of the affairs of all entities terminated by this Act 
and for such further measures and dispositions as 
may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this 
Act. 
(i) CERTAIN VESTING OF FUNCTIONS CONSIDERED 
TRANSFERS.—For purposes of this Act, the vesting of a 
function in a department or office pursuant to reestablish-
ment of an office shall be considered to be the transfer 
of the function. 
(j) AVAILABILITY OF EXISTING FUNDS.—Existing 
appropriations and funds available for the performance of 
functions, programs, and activities terminated pursuant to 
this Act shall remain available, for the duration of their 
period of availability, for necessary expenses in connection 
with the termination and resolution of such functions, pro-
grams, and activities. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘function’’ includes any duty, obli-
gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, activity, or program; and 
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(2) the term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad-
ministration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, 
organizational entity, or component thereof. 
SEC. 3. DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS FOR VETERANS ECONOMIC OPPOR-
TUNITY AND TRANSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 4102A 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(a) DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR VETERANS 
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSITION.—There is es-
tablished within the Department a Deputy Under Sec-
retary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition, 
who shall formulate and implement all departmental poli-
cies and procedures to carry out the purposes of this chap-
ter, chapter 20, and chapter 43 of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 41 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) The section heading of section 4102A of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans Eco-
nomic Opportunity and Transition; pro-
gram 
functions; 
Regional 
Administra-
tors’’. 
(2) The item relating to such section in the 
table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
Transition; program functions; Regional Administrators.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2027. 
SEC. 4. CONSOLIDATION OF DISABLED VETERANS OUT-
REACH PROGRAM AND LOCAL VETERANS’ 
EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4104 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4104. Veteran employment specialists 
‘‘(a) 
REQUIREMENT
FOR
EMPLOYMENT
BY 
STATES.—(1) Subject to approval by the Secretary, a 
State shall employ and assign such full- or part-time vet-
eran employment specialists in an agency of the State as 
the State determines appropriate and efficient to carry out 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Employment, training, and placement 
services under this chapter. 
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‘‘(B) Intensive services under this chapter to 
meet the employment needs of eligible veterans with 
the following priority in the provision of services: 
‘‘(i) Special disabled veterans. 
‘‘(ii) Other disabled veterans. 
‘‘(iii) Other eligible veterans in accordance 
with priorities determined by the Secretary tak-
ing into account applicable rates of unemploy-
ment and the employment emphases set forth in 
chapter 42 of this title. 
‘‘(2) In the provision of services in accordance with 
this subsection, maximum emphasis in meeting the em-
ployment and training needs of veterans shall be placed 
on assisting economically or educationally disadvantaged 
veterans. 
‘‘(b) PRINCIPAL DUTIES.—As principal duties, vet-
eran employment specialists shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct outreach to employers in the area 
to assist veterans and disabled veterans in gaining 
employment, including conducting seminars for em-
ployers and, in conjunction with employers, con-
ducting job search workshops and establishing job 
search groups; and 
‘‘(2) facilitate employment, training, and place-
ment services furnished to veterans and disabled vet-
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erans in a State under the applicable State employ-
ment service delivery systems. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT FOR QUALIFIED VETERANS.— 
(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), a State shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, employ qualified vet-
erans to carry out the services referred to in subsection 
(a). Preference shall be given in the appointment of such 
specialists to qualified disabled veterans. Preference shall 
be accorded in the following order: 
‘‘(A) To qualified service-connected disabled 
veterans. 
‘‘(B) If no veteran described in subparagraph 
(A) is available, to qualified eligible veterans. 
‘‘(C) If no veteran described in subparagraph 
(A) or (B) is available, then to qualified eligible per-
sons. 
‘‘(2) During any period in which more than 10 per-
cent of the individuals employed to carry out the services 
referred to in subsection (a) are non-veterans, the pref-
erence accorded under paragraph (1) shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) To qualified service-connected disabled 
veterans. 
‘‘(B) If no veteran described in subparagraph 
(A) is available, to qualified eligible veterans. 
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‘‘(3)(A) Each State that employs a veteran employ-
ment specialist under this section shall submit to the Sec-
retary an annual report on the qualifications used by the 
State in making hiring determinations for such specialists 
and the salary structure under which such specialists are 
compensated. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives an annual report summarizing the reports 
submitted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) The first report submitted by the Secretary 
under subparagraph (B) shall include an evaluation of 
whether the pay for veteran employment specialists should 
be scheduled on a standard basis for each State and in-
clude locality pay. 
‘‘(d) PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.—A part-time veteran 
employment specialist shall perform the functions of a vet-
eran employment specialist under this section on a half-
time basis. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Each veteran employment spe-
cialist shall be administratively responsible to the manager 
of the employment service delivery system and shall pro-
vide reports, not less frequently than quarterly, to the 
manager of such office and to the Director for Veterans’ 
Employment and Training for the State regarding compli-
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