[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2275 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2275

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
   Administration and to improve employment services for veterans by 
 consolidating various programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2015

  Mr. Miller of Florida (for himself and Mr. Wenstrup) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
 Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and the 
 Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department 
 of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
   Administration and to improve employment services for veterans by 
 consolidating various programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        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 ``Jobs for Veterans Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF VETERANS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSITION 
              ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration.--
            (1) In general.--Part V of title 38, United States Code, is 
        amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

      ``CHAPTER 80--VETERANS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSITION 
                             ADMINISTRATION

``8001. Organization of Administration.
``8002. Functions of Administration.
``Sec. 8001. Organization of Administration
    ``(a) Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
Administration.--There is in the Department of Veterans Affairs a 
Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration. The 
primary function of the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition 
Administration is the administration of the programs of the Department 
that provide assistance related to economic opportunity to veterans and 
their dependents and survivors.
    ``(b) Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity and Transition.--The 
Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration is under 
the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition, 
who is directly responsible to the Secretary for the operations of the 
Administration.
    ``(c) Deputy Under Secretaries.--The Veterans Economic Opportunity 
and Transition Administration shall have two Deputy Under Secretaries 
as follows:
            ``(1) The Deputy Under Secretary for Readjustment, who 
        shall be the principal assistant of the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition with respect to 
        the programs specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
        8002 of this title.
            ``(2) The Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, Training, 
        and Transition, who shall be the principal assistant of the 
        Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
        Transition with respect to the programs specified in paragraphs 
        (5) through (9) of section 8002 of this title.
``Sec. 8002. Functions of Administration
    ``The Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration 
is responsible for the administration of the following programs of the 
Department:
            ``(1) Vocational rehabilitation and employment programs.
            ``(2) Educational assistance programs.
            ``(3) Veterans' housing loan and related programs.
            ``(4) The verification of small businesses owned and 
        controlled by veterans pursuant to subsection (f) of section 
        8127 of this title, including the administration of the 
        database of veteran-owned businesses described in such 
        subsection.
            ``(5) Job counseling, training, and placement services for 
        veterans under chapter 41 of this title.
            ``(6) Employment and training of veterans under chapter 42 
        of this title.
            ``(7) Administration of employment and employment rights of 
        members of the uniformed services under chapter 43 of this 
        title.
            ``(8) Homeless veterans reintegration programs under 
        chapter 20 of this title.
            ``(9) The Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 
        of title 10.
            ``(10) Any other program of the Department that the 
        Secretary determines appropriate.''.
            (2) Clerical amendments.--The tables of chapters at the 
        beginning of title 38, United States Code, and of part V of 
        title 38, United States Code, are each amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to chapter 79 the following new item:

``80.  Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition             8001''.
                            Administration.
    (b) Effective Date.--Chapter 80 of title 38, United States Code, as 
added by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2016.
    (c) Full-Time Employees.--For fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the 
number of full-time equivalent employees authorized for the Veterans 
Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, as established 
under chapter 80 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), may not exceed 22,118.
    (d) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Programs.--Nothing in section 
8002 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), or in 
any other amendment made by this Act, shall affect the provision of 
funds to grant recipients under section 2021 or 2021A of title 38, 
United States Code.

SEC. 3. UNDER SECRETARY FOR VETERANS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND 
              TRANSITION.

    (a) Under Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, 
        is amended by inserting after section 306 the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 306A. Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
              Transition
    ``(a) Under Secretary.--There is in the Department an Under 
Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition, who is 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. The Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
Transition shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation 
or activity and solely on the basis of demonstrated ability in--
            ``(1) information technology; and
            ``(2) the administration of programs within the Veterans 
        Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration or programs 
        of similar content and scope.
    ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Under Secretary for Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition is the head of, and is directly responsible 
to the Secretary for the operations of, the Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition Administration.
    ``(c) Vacancies.--(1) Whenever a vacancy in the position of Under 
Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition occurs or is 
anticipated, the Secretary shall establish a commission to recommend 
individuals to the President for appointment to the position.
    ``(2) A commission established under this subsection shall be 
composed of the following members appointed by the Secretary:
            ``(A) Three persons representing education and training, 
        vocational rehabilitation, employment, real estate, mortgage 
        finance and related industries, and survivor benefits 
        activities affected by the Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
        Transition Administration.
            ``(B) Two persons representing veterans served by the 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration.
            ``(C) Two persons who have experience in the management of 
        private sector benefits programs of similar content and scope 
        to the economic opportunity and transition programs of the 
        Department.
            ``(D) The Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
            ``(E) The chairman of the Veterans' Advisory Committee on 
        Education formed under section 3692 of this title.
            ``(F) One person who has held the position of Under 
        Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition, if 
        the Secretary determines that it is desirable for such person 
        to be a member of the commission.
    ``(3) A commission established under this subsection shall 
recommend at least three individuals for appointment to the position of 
Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition. The 
commission shall submit all recommendations to the Secretary. The 
Secretary shall forward the recommendations to the President and the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives with any comments the Secretary considers appropriate. 
Thereafter, the President may request the commission to recommend 
additional individuals for appointment.
    ``(4) The Assistant Secretary or Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs who performs personnel management and labor relations 
functions shall serve as the executive secretary of a commission 
established under this subsection.
    ``(d) Qualifications of Recommended Individuals.--Each individual 
recommended to the President by the commission for appointment to the 
position of Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
Transition shall be an individual who has held a senior level position 
in the private sector with responsibilities relating to at least one of 
the following:
            ``(1) Education policy.
            ``(2) Vocational rehabilitation.
            ``(3) Employment.
            ``(4) Job placement.
            ``(5) Home loan finance.
            ``(6) Small business development.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 306 the following new item:

``306A. Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and 
                            Transition.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Title 38, United States Code, is 
further amended--
            (1) in section 306(c)(2), by striking subparagraphs (A) and 
        (E) and redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (F), as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
            (2) in section 317(d), by inserting after ``Under Secretary 
        for Benefits,'' the following: ``the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition,'';
            (3) in section 318(d)(2), by inserting after ``Under 
        Secretary for Benefits,'' the following: ``the Under Secretary 
        for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition,'';
            (4) in section 516(e)(2)(C), by striking ``Health and the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits'' and inserting ``Health, the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits, and the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition'';
            (5) in section 541(a)(2)(B), by striking ``Health and the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits'' and inserting ``Health, the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits, and the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition'';
            (6) in section 542(a)(2)(B)(iii), by striking ``Health and 
        the Under Secretary for Benefits'' and inserting ``Health, the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits, and the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition'';
            (7) in section 544(a)(2)(B)(vi), by striking ``Health and 
        the Under Secretary for Benefits'' and inserting ``Health, the 
        Under Secretary for Benefits, and the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition'';
            (8) in section 709(c)(2)(A), by inserting after ``Under 
        Secretary for Benefits,'' the following: ``the Under Secretary 
        for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition,'';
            (9) in section 7701(a), by inserting after ``assistance'' 
        the following: ``, other than assistance related to Economic 
        Opportunity and Transition,''; and
            (10) in section 7703, by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 
        and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and 
        (3), respectively.
    (c) Effective Date.--Section 306A of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), and the amendments made by this section, 
shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR VETERANS PROGRAMS TO DEPARTMENT 
              OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Transfer of Functions.--
            (1) In general.--Effective October 1, 2016, there shall be 
        transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs all functions 
        performed under the following programs of the Department of 
        Labor, and all personnel, assets, and liabilities pertaining to 
        such programs, immediately before such transfer occurs:
                    (A) Job counseling, training, and placement 
                services for veterans under chapter 41 of title 38, 
                United States Code.
                    (B) Employment and training of veterans under 
                chapter 42 of such title.
                    (C) Administration of employment and employment 
                rights of members of the uniformed services under 
                chapter 43 of such title.
                    (D) Homeless veterans reintegration programs under 
                chapter 20 of such title.
            (2) Organization.--The programs, and the personnel, assets, 
        and liabilities pertaining to such programs, transferred to the 
        Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be administered as part of 
        the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration 
        established by section 8001 of title 38, United States Code, as 
        added by section 3.
    (b) Budget Request.--Under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, the President shall include in the President's budget request for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2017, and for each 
subsequent fiscal year, funding requested for the functions referred to 
in subsection (a)(1).
    (c) References.--Any reference in any other Federal law, Executive 
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of 
or pertaining to a department or office from which a function is 
transferred by this section--
            (1) to the head of such department or office is deemed to 
        refer to the head of the department or office to which such 
        function is transferred; or
            (2) to such department or office is deemed to refer to the 
        department or office to which such function is transferred.
    (d) Exercise of Authorities.--Except as otherwise provided by law, 
a Federal official to whom a function is transferred by this section 
may, for purposes of performing the function, exercise all authorities 
under any other provision of law that were available with respect to 
the performance of that function to the official responsible for the 
performance of the function immediately before the effective date of 
the transfer of the function under this section.
    (e) Savings Provisions.--
            (1) Legal documents.--All orders, determinations, rules, 
        regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, 
        certificates, licenses, and privileges--
                    (A) that have been issued, made, granted, or 
                allowed to become effective by the President, the 
                Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
                any officer or employee of any office transferred by 
                this section, or any other Government official, or by a 
                court of competent jurisdiction, in the performance of 
                any function that is transferred by this section, and
                    (B) that are in effect on the effective date of 
                such transfer (or become effective after such date 
                pursuant to their terms as in effect on such effective 
                date),
        shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
        modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
        accordance with law by the President, any other authorized 
        official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or operation of 
        law.
            (2) Proceedings.--This section shall not affect any 
        proceedings or any application for any benefits, service, 
        license, permit, certificate, or financial assistance pending 
        on the date of the enactment of this section before an office 
        transferred by this section, but such proceedings and 
        applications shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such 
        proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments 
        shall be made pursuant to such orders, as if this section had 
        not been enacted, and orders issued in any such proceeding 
        shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, 
        superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, by a 
        court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
        Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to prohibit the 
        discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the 
        same terms and conditions and to the same extent that such 
        proceeding could have been discontinued or modified if this 
        section had not been enacted.
            (3) Suits.--This section shall not affect suits commenced 
        before the date of the enactment of this section, and in all 
        such suits, proceeding shall be had, appeals taken, and 
        judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same effect 
        as if this section had not been enacted.
            (4) Nonabatement of actions.--No suit, action, or other 
        proceeding commenced by or against the Department of Labor or 
        the Secretary of Labor, or by or against any individual in the 
        official capacity of such individual as an officer or employee 
        of an office transferred by this section, shall abate by reason 
        of the enactment of this section.
            (5) Continuance of suits.--If any Government officer in the 
        official capacity of such officer is party to a suit with 
        respect to a function of the officer, and under this section 
        such function is transferred to any other officer or office, 
        then such suit shall be continued with the other officer or the 
        head of such other office, as applicable, substituted or added 
        as a party.
            (6) Administrative procedure and judicial review.--Except 
        as otherwise provided by this section, any statutory 
        requirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the 
        record, or administrative or judicial review that apply to any 
        function transferred by this section shall apply to the 
        exercise of such function by the head of the Federal agency, 
        and other officers of the agency, to which such function is 
        transferred by this section.
    (f) Transfer of Assets.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, so much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended 
balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, 
used, held, available, or to be made available in connection with a 
function transferred to an official or agency by this section shall be 
available to the official or the head of that agency, respectively, at 
such time or times as the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget directs for use in connection with the functions transferred.
    (g) Delegation and Assignment.--Except as otherwise expressly 
prohibited by law or otherwise provided in this section, an official to 
whom functions are transferred under this section (including the head 
of any office to which functions are transferred under this section) 
may delegate any of the functions so transferred to such officers and 
employees of the office of the official as the official may designate, 
and may authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be 
necessary or appropriate. No delegation of functions under this section 
or under any other provision of this section shall relieve the official 
to whom a function is transferred under this section of responsibility 
for the administration of the function.
    (h) Authority of Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
With Respect to Functions Transferred.--
            (1) Determinations.--If necessary, the Director of 
        Management and Budget shall make any determination of the 
        functions that are transferred under this section.
            (2) Incidental transfers.--The Director, at such time or 
        times as the Director shall provide, may make such 
        determinations as may be necessary with regard to the functions 
        transferred by this section, and to make such additional 
        incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, 
        grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances 
        of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds 
        held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available 
        in connection with such functions, as may be necessary to carry 
        out the provisions of this section. The Director shall provide 
        for the termination of the affairs of all entities terminated 
        by this section and for such further measures and dispositions 
        as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
    (i) Certain Vesting of Functions Considered Transfers.--For 
purposes of this section, the vesting of a function in a department or 
office pursuant to reestablishment 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 section shall remain available, 
for the duration of their period of availability, for necessary 
expenses in connection with the termination and resolution of such 
functions, programs, and activities.
    (k) Memorandum of Understanding.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
and the Secretary of Labor shall--
            (1) enter into a memorandum of understanding to carry out 
        this section, which shall include--
                    (A) a description of how the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs will coordinate with the Employment and 
                Training Agency at the Department of Labor to ensure 
                coordination and avoid duplication among activities 
                authorized the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
                (Public Law 113-128) and the activities referred to in 
                paragraph (1)(A) through (D); and
                    (B) a description of how the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs will share the performance accountability 
                measures required under subsection (l)(1) with the 
                Employment and Training Agency of the Department of 
                Labor; and
            (2) jointly submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
        and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and 
        the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
        Senate a copy of such memorandum.
    (l) Coordination With Requirements Under WIOA.--
            (1) Performance accountability.--The Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs shall establish performance accountability measures for 
        the activities carried out pursuant to the programs referred to 
        in paragraph (1)(A) through (D), which shall meet or exceed the 
        requirements of section 116(b) of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128; 29 U.S.C. 3141).
            (2) State plans.--The Secretary shall ensure that each 
        State develops and submits to the Secretary a combined State 
        plan that meets or exceeds the requirements under section 103 
        of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 
        113-128; 29 U.S.C. 3113) for activities authorized under 
        chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code.
    (m) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``function'' includes any duty, obligation, 
        power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, 
        or program; and
            (2) the term ``office'' includes any office, 
        administration, agency, bureau, institute, council, unit, 
        organizational entity, or component thereof.

SEC. 5. DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR VETERANS' 
              EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, 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' Employment, Training, 
and Transition.--(1) The Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, 
Training, and Transition established by subsection (c)(2) of section 
8001 of this title shall formulate and implement all departmental 
policies and procedures to carry out this chapter and the other 
programs described in such subsection.
    ``(2) The employees of the Department administering chapter 43 of 
this title shall be administratively and functionally responsible to 
the Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, Training, and Transition.''.
    (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:
``Sec. 4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans' Employment, 
              Training, and Transition; program functions; Regional 
              Administrators''.
            (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' Employment and Training; 
                            program functions; Regional 
                            Administrators.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2016.

SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Chapter 41.--Chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended as follows:
            (1) By striking ``Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
        Veterans' Employment and Training'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, Training, 
        and Transition''.
            (2) By striking ``Department of Labor'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Department''.
            (3) By striking ``Secretary of Labor'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (4) In section 4101, by striking paragraph (8).
            (5) In section 4102A(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``such Assistant 
                Secretary'' and inserting ``such Deputy Under 
                Secretary''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and consulting 
                with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs''.
            (6) In section 4105(b), by striking ``and the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs'' both places it appears.
            (7) By striking section 4108.
            (8) In the table of sections at the beginning of such 
        chapter, by striking the item relating to section 4108.
            (9) In section 4110(d), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (1) 
        through (5), respectively.
            (10) In section 4110A(b), by striking ``Congress'' and 
        inserting ``the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives''.
            (11) In section 4114--
                    (A) by striking ``Assistant Secretary for Veterans' 
                Employment and Training'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, 
                Training, and Transition''; and
                    (B) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) and 
                in subsections (c) and (d), by striking ``Assistant 
                Secretary'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``Deputy Under Secretary''.
    (b) Chapter 42.--Chapter 42 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended as follows:
            (1) By striking ``Secretary of Labor'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (2) By striking ``Department of Labor'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``Department''.
    (c) Chapter 43.--Chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In section 4303, by striking paragraph (11).
            (2) By striking ``Secretary of Veterans Affairs'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (3) In section 4321, by striking ``(through the Veterans' 
        Employment and Training Service)''.
            (4) In section 4332(a)(1), by striking ``of Labor''.
            (5) In section 4333, by striking ``, the Secretary of 
        Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs'' and inserting 
        ``and the Secretary of Defense''.
    (d) Chapter 20.--Chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended as follows:
            (1) In section 2003(a)(4), by striking ``of the Department 
        of Labor''.
            (2) In section 2011(g)(2), by striking ``the Department of 
        Labor,''.
            (3) In section 2021--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking the subsection heading and 
                        inserting the following:
    ``(c) Administration Through Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans' 
Employment, Training, and Transition.--''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Assistant Secretary of 
                        Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training'' 
                        and inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary for 
                        Employment, Training, and Transition''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Secretary of Labor'' each place 
                it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (4) In section 2021A--
                    (A) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) by striking the subsection heading and 
                        inserting the following:
    ``(d) Administration Through Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans' 
Employment, Training, and Transition.--''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Assistant Secretary of 
                        Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training'' 
                        and inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary for 
                        Employment, Training, and Transition''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Secretary of Labor'' each place 
                it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (5) In section 2023--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``and the 
                Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section 
                referred to as the `Secretaries')''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Secretaries'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
            (6) In section 2065(b)(5), by striking subparagraph (E) and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (H) as subparagraphs 
        (E) through (G), respectively.
            (7) In section 2066(a)(3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as subparagraphs 
        (A) through (F), respectively.
    (e) Other Provisions of Title 38.--Title 38, United States Code, is 
further amended as follows:
            (1) In section 542(a)(2)(B), by striking clause (i) and 
        redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), 
        respectively.
            (2) In section 544(a)(2)(B), by striking clause (i) and 
        redesignating clauses (ii) through (vi) as clauses (i) through 
        (v), respectively.
            (3) In section 3118(b), by striking ``and the Assistant 
        Secretary for Veterans' Employment in the Department of 
        Labor''.
            (4) In section 3119(c), by striking ``Education, the 
        Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment in the Department 
        of Labor,''.
            (5) In section 3121(a)(3), by striking ``the Assistant 
        Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training of the 
        Department of Labor'' and inserting ``the Under Secretary for 
        Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition''.
            (6) In section 3692(a), by striking ``and the Assistant 
        Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training shall 
        be ex officio members'' and inserting ``an ex officio member''.
            (7) In section 6306--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``shall arrange 
                with the Secretary of Labor for the State employment 
                service to match'' and inserting ``shall ensure that 
                the State employment service matches''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of Labor,''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2016.

SEC. 7. USE OF FEDERAL DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.

    Section 453A(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(h)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Secretary of veterans affairs.--The Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs shall have access to information reported by 
        employers pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.''.
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