I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5190 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater flexibility to 
States in carrying out the Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program and 
employing local veterans’ employment representatives, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2016 
Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide greater 
flexibility to States in carrying out the Disabled Vet-
erans’ Outreach Program and employing local veterans’ 
employment representatives, 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 ‘‘State Outreach for 
Local Veterans Employment Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) As of the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, unemployment among veterans in 
the United States is much too high, especially con-
sidering the sacrifices veterans have made for the 
United States. 
(2) The Secretary of Labor makes available 
funding to the States to support disabled veterans’ 
outreach program specialists and local veterans’ em-
ployment representatives in each State. 
(3) As of the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, State and local government agen-
cies and departments have significant issues with 
finding and connecting with veterans after they sep-
arate from service in the Armed Forces, which af-
fects the ability of those agencies and departments 
to offer important services to veterans. 
SEC. 3. GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO STATES IN CARRYING 
OUT DISABLED VETERANS’ OUTREACH PRO-
GRAM AND EMPLOYING LOCAL VETERANS’ 
EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) STATE AUTHORITY TO SELECT IMPLEMENTING 
AGENCY.—Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(10) The Secretary may not reject a plan submitted 
by a State under this subsection based solely on which 
agency the Governor of the State selects to carry out such 
plan.’’. 
(b) COLOCATION WITH ONE-STOP CENTERS.—Sec-
tion 4102A of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) COLOCATION WITH ONE-STOP CENTERS.—The 
Secretary shall encourage the Governor of a State to co-
locate the disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists 
and local veterans’ employment representatives of such 
State with one or more one-stop centers described in sec-
tion 121(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(e)) in such State.’’. 
(c) TAILORING PLANS TO MEET
THE UNIQUE 
NEEDS OF STATES.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C)(i) The Secretary shall encourage each State that 
submits a plan as part of an application under subpara-
graph (A) to tailor such plan to meet the employment and 
training needs of veterans in such State. 
‘‘(ii) In a case in which a plan described in clause 
(i) addresses a significant barrier to employment, a State 
may propose such barriers as the State considers appro-
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priate for the purpose of allowing additional categories of 
veterans to receive services under sections 4103A and 
4104 of this title, subject to review and approval of such 
proposal by the Secretary.’’. 
(d) APPROVAL OF PLANS.—Subsection (c) of such 
section, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) In any case in which a State submits a plan 
to the Secretary under this subsection and the Secretary 
objects to a portion of the plan but not the entirety of 
the plan, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) approve such portions of the plan as the 
Secretary does not find objectionable; 
‘‘(B) submit to the State an explanation de-
scribing which portions of the plan were not ap-
proved and why; and 
‘‘(C) allow the State to submit for approval re-
visions to the portions of the plan for which the Sec-
retary submitted an explanation under subparagraph 
(B).’’. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON NEW FUNDING.—No additional 
funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
amendments made by this section. The amendments made 
by this section shall be carried out using amounts other-
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wise appropriated to carry out chapter 41 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
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