[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1593 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1593

   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a Veterans' 
    Employment and Training Bill of Rights, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 1995

 Mr. Montgomery (for himself, Mr. Clyburn, and Mr. Mascara) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a Veterans' 
    Employment and Training Bill of Rights, and for other purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans' Employment and Training 
Bill of Rights Act of 1995''.

SEC 2. VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING BILL OF RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4100 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4100. Veterans' Employment and Training Bill of Rights
    ``(a) A veteran is entitled to priority of services under any 
federally-funded (in whole or in part) work-force preparation, 
development, or delivery program if--
            ``(1) the veteran otherwise meets the eligibility 
        requirements for participating in such program; and
            ``(2) the veteran enters such program before the end of the 
        10-year period beginning on the date of discharge or release of 
        such veteran from active duty.
    ``(b) In addition to subsection (a), the entity that administers or 
delivers services under a program described in subsection (a) shall be 
responsible for the following:
            ``(1) Providing information and effective referral 
        assistance to veterans regarding benefits and services that may 
        be obtained through other entities or service providers.
            ``(2) Ensuring that each veteran assisted by a program 
        referred to in subsection (a) is informed of the employment-
        related rights, benefits, and privileges to which the veteran 
        is entitled under this section.
    ``(c) Veterans shall be given priority and preference under 
subsection (a) in the following order:
            ``(1) Special disabled veterans.
            ``(2) Any veteran not described in paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Each State or local council, board, or advisory body 
established in support of a program described in subsection (a) shall 
include adequate representation from the veterans' community.
    ``(e) The Secretary of Labor shall submit an annual report to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives which shall include such information as the Secretary 
of Labor determines necessary to ensure that veterans are being served 
by programs described in subsection (a) and that the services of such 
programs are in proportion to the incidence of representation of 
veterans in the labor market, including within groups targeted by such 
programs, if any. The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate such 
regulations and procedures as may be necessary to ensure that such 
reports are provided.
    ``(f) For the purposes of this section, a federally-funded (in 
whole or in part) work-force preparation, development, or delivery 
program includes (1) programs within the public employment service 
system, one-stop career centers, the Job Training Partnership Act, a 
demonstration or other temporary program, and those programs 
implemented by States based on Federal block grants, and (2) programs 
targeted to specific groups.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 4100 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 41 of such title is 
amended to read as follows:

``4100. Veterans' Employment and Training Bill of Rights.''.

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