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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5176 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a research program to evaluate 
the effectiveness of the Transition Assistance Program in addressing 
the needs of certain minority veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2016 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to carry out a research 
program to evaluate the effectiveness of the Transition 
Assistance Program in addressing the needs of certain 
minority veterans. 
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 ‘‘Success in Transition 
for All Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESEARCH PROGRAM TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
IN ADDRESSING NEEDS OF CERTAIN MINOR-
ITY VETERANS. 
(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Beginning not later than 
June 1, 2017, the Secretary of Labor, in collaboration 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary 
of Defense, shall carry out a research program to evaluate 
the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of 
title 10, United States Code. Such research program shall 
be designed to determine how effectively the Transition 
Assistance Program addresses the differentiated needs, 
challenges, and post-military service aspirations of women 
veterans, veterans with disabilities, Native American vet-
erans, veterans who are residents of a territory of the 
United States, veterans who are part of the indigenous 
population of a territory of the United States, and other 
groups of minority veterans identified by the Secretaries. 
(b) ISSUES ADDRESSED.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall ensure that the research program required under 
subsection (a) addresses each of the following issues: 
(1) In the context of the transition experience, 
whether and how the barriers to employment facing 
women veterans, veterans with disabilities, Native 
American veterans, veterans who are residents of a 
territory of the United States, veterans who are part 
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of the indigenous population of a territory of the 
United States, and other identified groups of minor-
ity veterans are substantively different from other 
populations of the veteran community. 
(2) In the context of the transition experience, 
whether and how the post-military service employ-
ment aspirations such groups of veterans covered by 
the research project are substantively different from 
such aspirations of other populations of the veteran 
community. 
(3) To the extent that any barriers to employ-
ment or aspirations are identified under paragraph 
(1) or (2) as being substantially different for any of 
the groups of veterans covered by the research 
project, whether the Transition Assistance Program 
is designed to appropriately address those dif-
ferences. 
(4) To the extent that the Transition Assist-
ance Program is determined not to be designed to 
appropriately address a difference under paragraph 
(3), an identification of any change that could be 
made to the Program to more appropriately address 
such difference. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the commencement of the research pro-
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gram under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on the research program. 
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