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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4776
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans’ employment
programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 1994
Mr. MONTGOMERY (for himself, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. HUTCHINSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veter-
ans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve veterans’
employment programs, 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’ Employment
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT.
(a) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR
VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.—(1) Section
4102A(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘(1)’’ and ‘‘(2)’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘(A)’’ and ‘‘(B)’’, respectively;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) There shall be within the Department of Labor
a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training. The Deputy Assistant Secretary
shall perform such functions as the Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training pre-
scribes. The Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be a vet-
eran, and the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary shall
be a career reserved position, as defined in section
3132(a)(8) of title 5.’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
apply with respect to a vacancy occurring in the position
of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training after the date of enactment of this
Act.
(b) DVOP SPECIALISTS COMPENSATION RATES.—
Section 4103A(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking
out ‘‘a rate not less than the rate prescribed for an entry
level professional’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘rates
comparable to those paid other professionals’’.
(c) 
SPECIAL
UNEMPLOYMENT
STUDY.—Section
4110A(a) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘disabled veterans and’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘disabled veterans,’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘, veterans who served on ac-
tive duty after the Vietnam era, and veterans dis-
charged or released from active duty within four
years of the applicable study’’ after ‘‘Vietnam era’’;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
each of the classifications of veterans referred to in
the previous sentence, such studies shall include a
category for women who are veterans.’’.
SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF VETERANS.
(a) FEDERAL CONTRACTS.—Section 4212 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘disabled veterans and
veterans’’ in the first sentence and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘disabled veterans, veterans’’;
(B) by inserting the following before the
period at the end of the first sentence: ‘‘, and
veterans who served on active duty in the
Armed Forces during a war in a campaign or
expedition for which a campaign badge has
been authorized’’; and
(C) by striking out ‘‘suitable’’ in clause
(1); and
(2) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘who are veterans of
the Vietnam era or special disabled veterans’’ in
subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘and the number of such employees, by job cat-
egory and hiring location, who are veterans de-
scribed in subsection (a)’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘who are veterans of
the Vietnam era or special disabled veterans’’ in
subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘who are veterans described in subsection (a)’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR VETERANS
UNDER FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT
AND TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS.—Clause (3) of section 4213 of such title is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘30,’’ after ‘‘13,’’;
(2) by striking out ‘‘34,’’; and
(3) by inserting ‘‘and any amounts received by
an eligible person under chapter 106 of title 10,’’
after ‘‘title,’’.
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