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38 U.S.C. § 4104 — Local veterans’ employment representatives
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**(a) Requirement for Employment by States of a Sufficient Number of Representatives.—** Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State shall employ such full- and part-time local veterans’ employment representatives as the State determines appropriate and efficient to carry out employment, training, and placement services under this chapter.
**(b) Principal Duties.—** As principal duties, local veterans’ employment representatives shall—
(1) conduct outreach to employers in the area to assist veterans in gaining employment, including conducting seminars for employers and, in conjunction with employers, conducting job search workshops and establishing job search groups; and
(2) facilitate employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans in a State under the applicable State employment service delivery systems.
**(c) Requirement for Qualified Veterans and Eligible Persons.—** A State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, employ qualified veterans or eligible persons to carry out the services referred to in subsection (a). Preference shall be accorded in the following order:
(1) To qualified service-connected disabled veterans.
(2) If no veteran described in paragraph (1) is available, to qualified eligible veterans.
(3) If no veteran described in paragraph (1) or (2) is available, then to qualified eligible persons.
**(d) Part-Time Employees.—** A part-time local veterans’ employment representative shall perform the functions of a local veterans’ employment representative under this section on a half-time basis.
**(e) Additional Requirements for Full-time Employees.—**
(1) A full-time local veterans’ employment representative shall perform only duties related to the employment, training, and placement services under this chapter, and shall
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**(a) Requirement for Employment by States of a Sufficient Number of Representatives.—** Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State shall employ such full- and part-time local veterans’ employment representatives as the State determines appropriate and efficient to carry out employment, training, and placement services under this chapter.
**(b) Principal Duties.—** As principal duties, local veterans’ employment representatives shall—
(1) conduct outreach to employers in the area to assist veterans in gaining employment, including conducting seminars for employers and, in conjunction with employers, conducting job search workshops and establishing job search groups; and
(2) facilitate employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans in a State under the applicable State employment service delivery systems.
**(c) Requirement for Qualified Veterans and Eligible Persons.—** A State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, employ qualified veterans or eligible persons to carry out the services referred to in subsection (a). Preference shall be accorded in the following order:
(1) To qualified service-connected disabled veterans.
(2) If no veteran described in paragraph (1) is available, to qualified eligible veterans.
(3) If no veteran described in paragraph (1) or (2) is available, then to qualified eligible persons.
**(d) Part-Time Employees.—** A part-time local veterans’ employment representative shall perform the functions of a local veterans’ employment representative under this section on a half-time basis.
**(e) Additional Requirements for Full-time Employees.—**
(1) A full-time local veterans’ employment representative shall perform only duties related to the employment, training, and placement services under this chapter, and shall not perform other non-veteran-related duties that detract from the representative’s ability to perform the representative’s duties related to employment, training, and placement services under this chapter.
(2) The Secretary shall conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with paragraph (1). If, on the basis of such an audit, the Secretary determines that a State is not in compliance with paragraph (1), the Secretary may reduce the amount of a grant made to the State under [section 4102A(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4102A/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(f) Reporting.—** Each local veterans’ employment representative shall be administratively responsible to the manager of the employment service delivery system and shall provide reports, not less frequently than quarterly, to the manager of such office and to the Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for the State regarding compliance with Federal law and regulations with respect to special services and priorities for eligible veterans and eligible persons.
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There may be appointed by the Secretary such personnel as the Secretary may find necessary for the health care of veterans (in addition to those in the Office of the Under Secretary for Health appointed under [section 7306 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section7306&num=0&edition=prelim)), as follows:
(1) Physicians, dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-function dental auxiliaries.
(2) Scientific and professional personnel, such as microbiologists, chemists, and biostatisticians.
(3) Audiologists, licensed hearing aid specialists, speech pathologists, and audiologist-speech pathologists, biomedical engineers, certified or registered respiratory therapists, dietitians, licensed physical therapists, licensed practical or vocational nurses, nurse assistants, medical instrument technicians, medical records administrators or specialists, medical records technicians, medical technologists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, nuclear medicine technologists, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, kinesiotherapists, orthotist-prosthetists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physical therapy assistants, prosthetic representatives, psychologists, diagnostic radiologic technologists, therapeutic radiologic technologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional mental health counselors, blind rehabilitation specialists, blind rehabilitation outpatient specialists, statisticians, economists, informaticists, data scientists, and and 11 So in original. such other classes of health care occupations as the Secretary considers necessary for the recruitment and retention needs of the Department subject to the followin
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**(a) VBA Staffing at Regional Offices.—** The Secretary shall ensure that there is at least one full-time employee assigned to oversee and coordinate homeless veterans programs at each of the 20 Veterans Benefits Administration regional offices that the Secretary determines have the largest homeless veteran populations within the regions of the Administration. The programs covered by such oversight and coordination include the following:
(1) Housing programs administered by the Secretary under this title or any other provision of law.
(2) Compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation, and education benefits programs administered by the Secretary under this title or any other provision of law.
(3) The housing program for veterans supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) The homeless veterans reintegration program of the Department of Labor under [section 2021 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2021&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The programs under [section 2033 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2033&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) The assessments required by [section 2034 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section2034&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) Such other programs relating to homeless veterans as may be specified by the Secretary.
**(b) VHA Case Managers.—** The Secretary shall ensure that the number of case managers in the Veterans Health Administration is sufficient to assure that every veteran who is provided a housing voucher through section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ([42 U.S.C. 1437f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section
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For the purposes of this chapter—
(1) The term “special disabled veteran” has the same meaning provided in [section 4211(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4211/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “veteran of the Vietnam era” has the same meaning provided in [section 4211(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4211/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) The term “disabled veteran” has the same meaning provided in [section 4211(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4211/3&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) The term “eligible veteran” has the same meaning provided in [section 4211(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4211/4&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “eligible person” means—
(A) the spouse of any person who died of a service-connected disability,
(B) the spouse of any member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who, at the time of application for assistance under this chapter, is listed, pursuant to [section 556 of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section556&num=0&edition=prelim) and regulations issued thereunder, by the Secretary concerned in one or more of the following categories and has been so listed for a total of more than ninety days: (i) missing in action, (ii) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (iii) forcibly detained or interned in line of duty by a foreign government or power, or
(C) the spouse of any person who has a total disability permanent in nature resulting from a service-connected disability or the spouse of a veteran who died while a disability so evaluated
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**(a)** Services and assistance which the Secretary may provide under this chapter, pursuant to regulations which the Secretary shall prescribe, include the following:
(1) Evaluation, including periodic reevaluations as appropriate with respect to a veteran participating in a rehabilitation program, of the potential for rehabilitation of a veteran, including diagnostic and related services (A) to determine whether the veteran has an employment handicap or a serious employment handicap and whether a vocational goal is reasonably feasible for such veteran, and (B) to provide a basis for planning a suitable vocational rehabilitation program or a program of services and assistance to improve the vocational rehabilitation potential or independent living status of such veteran, as appropriate.
(2) Educational, vocational, psychological, employment, and personal adjustment counseling.
(3) An allowance and other appropriate assistance, as authorized by [section 3108 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3108&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) A work-study allowance as authorized by [section 3485 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3485&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) Placement services to effect suitable placement in employment, and postplacement services to attempt to insure satisfactory adjustment in employment.
(6) Personal adjustment and work adjustment training.
(7)
(A) Vocational and other training services and assistance, including individualized tutorial assistance, tuition, fees, books, supplies, handling charges, licensing fees, and equipment and other training materials determined by the Secretary to be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the rehabilitation pr
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**(a)**
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall conduct an annual compliance survey of educational institutions and training establishments offering one or more courses approved for the enrollment of eligible veterans or persons if at least 20 such veterans or persons are enrolled in any such course. The Secretary shall—
(A) design the compliance surveys to ensure that such institutions or establishments, as the case may be, and approved courses are in compliance with all applicable provisions of chapters 30 through 36 of this title;
(B) survey each such educational institution and training establishment not less than once during every 2-year period; and
(C) assign not fewer than 1 education compliance specialist to work on compliance surveys in any year for each 40 compliance surveys required to be made under this section for such year.
(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the State approving agencies, shall—
(A) annually determine the parameters of the surveys required under paragraph (1); and
(B) not later than September 1 of each year, make available to the State approving agencies a list of the educational institutions and training establishments that will be surveyed during the fiscal year following the date of making such list available.
**(b)** The Secretary may waive the requirement in subsection (a)(1) for a compliance survey with respect to an educational institution or training establishment if the Secretary determines, based on the record of compliance of such institution or establishment with all the applicable provisions of chapters 30 through 36 of this title, that the waiver would be appropriate and in the best interest of the United States Government.
**(c)** To the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary, or
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**(a) Program Required.—** The Secretary shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall provide case management services to improve the retention of housing by veterans who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing and veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless.
**(b) Services.—** Services provided under the program shall include services to assist veterans described in subsection (a) with navigating resources provided by the Federal Government and State, local, and Tribal governments.
**(c) Staffing.—** In geographic areas where individuals who meet the licensure and certification requirements to provide services under the program are in high demand as determined by the Secretary, such services may be provided through one or more individuals with a master’s degree in social work who are undergoing training to meet such requirements, if such individuals are under the supervision of an individual who meets such requirements.
**(d) Grants.—**
(1) The Secretary shall carry out the program through the award of grants.
(2)
(A) In awarding grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to organizations that demonstrate a capability to provide case management services as described in subsection (a), particularly organizations that are successfully providing or have successfully provided transitional housing services using amounts provided by the Secretary under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title.
(B) In giving priority under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give extra priority to an organization described in such subparagraph that—
(i) voluntarily stops receiving amounts provided by the Secretary under sections 2012 and 2061 of this title; and
(ii) converts a facility that the organization used
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**(a) Requirement for Employment by States of a Sufficient Number of Specialists.—**
(1) Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State shall employ such full- or part-time disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists as the State determines appropriate and efficient to carry out intensive services and facilitate placements under this chapter to meet the employment needs of eligible veterans with the following priority in the provision of services:
(A) Special disabled veterans.
(B) Other disabled veterans.
(C) Other eligible veterans in accordance with priorities determined by the Secretary taking into account applicable rates of unemployment and the employment emphases set forth in chapter 42 of this title.
(2) In the provision of services in accordance with this subsection, maximum emphasis in meeting the employment needs of veterans shall be placed on assisting economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans.
(3) In facilitating placement of a veteran under this program, a disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist shall help to identify job opportunities that are appropriate for the veteran’s employment goals and assist that veteran in developing a cover letter and resume that are targeted for those particular jobs.
**(b) Requirement for Qualified Veterans.—** A State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, employ qualified veterans to carry out the services referred to in subsection (a). Preference shall be given in the appointment of such specialists to qualified disabled veterans.
**(c) Part-Time Employees.—** A part-time disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist shall perform the functions of a disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist under this section on a half-time basis.
**(d) Additional Requirement for Full-time Emplo
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**(a)** The Secretary shall estimate the funds necessary for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter and chapters 42 and 43 of this title. Such estimated sums shall include the annual amounts necessary for salaries, rents, printing and binding, travel, and communications. Sums thus estimated shall be included as a special item in the annual budget for the Department of Labor. Estimated funds necessary for proper intensive services, placement, and training services to eligible veterans and eligible persons provided by the various State public employment service agencies shall each be separately identified in the budgets of those agencies as approved by the Department of Labor. Funds estimated pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection shall include amounts necessary in all of the States for the purposes specified in paragraph (5) of [section 4102A(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4102A/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and to fund the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute under [section 4109 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section4109&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be approved by the Secretary only if the level of funding proposed is in compliance with such sections. Each budget submission with respect to such funds shall include a separate listing of the amount for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute together with information demonstrating the compliance of such budget submission with the funding requirements specified in the preceding sentence.
**(b)** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter.
**(c)**
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in order to recruit and retain highly qualified Government physicians, the head of an agency, subject to the provisions of this section, section 5307, and such regulations as the President or his designee may prescribe, may enter into a service agreement with a Government physician which provides for such physician to complete a specified period of service in such agency in return for an allowance for the duration of such agreement in an amount to be determined by the agency head and specified in the agreement, but not to exceed—
(1) $14,000 per annum if, at the time the agreement is entered into, the Government physician has served as a Government physician for twenty-four months or less, or
(2) $30,000 per annum if the Government physician has served as a Government physician for more than twenty-four months.
For the purpose of determining length of service as a Government physician, service as a physician under section 4104 or 4114 11 See References in Text note below. of title 38 or active service as a medical officer in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service under Title II of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. ch. 6A) shall be deemed service as a Government physician.
**(b)** An allowance may not be paid pursuant to this section to any physician who—
(1) is employed on less than a half-time or intermittent basis,
(2) occupies an internship or residency training position,
(3) is a reemployed annuitant, or
(4) is fulfilling a scholarship obligation.
**(c)** The head of an agency, pursuant to such regulations, criteria, and conditions as the President or his designee may prescribe, shall determine categories of positions applicable to physicians in such agency with respect to which ther
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 4104
program specialists under section 4103A of title 38,
United States Code, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act [Nov. 11, 1998].’’
Amendment
by
section
101(f)
[title
VIII,
§ 405(d)(29)(B)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective Oct. 21, 1998,
and
amendment
by
section
101(f)
[title
VIII,
§ 405(f)(21)(B)] of Pub. L. 105–277 effective July 1, 2000,
see section 101(f) [title VIII, § 405(g)(1), (2)(B)] of Pub. L.
105–277, set out as a note under section 3502 of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Amendment by sections 2(e)(1)(B) and 15(c)(1) of Pub.
L. 100–323 effective May 20, 1988, amendment by section
2(e)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 100–323 effective for all of fiscal
year 1988 and subsequent fiscal years, and amendment
by section 7(b) of Pub. L. 100–323 effective on 60th day
after May 20, 1988, see section 16(a), (b)(1)(B), (2) of Pub.
L. 100–323, set out as a note under section 3104 of this
title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 1980, see section 802(e) of Pub.
L. 96–466, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amend-
ment note under section 4101 of this title.
§ 4104. Local veterans’ employment representa-
tives
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT BY STATES
OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State
shall employ such full- and part-time local vet-
erans’ employment representatives as the State
determines appropriate and efficient to carry
out employment, training, and placement serv-
ices under this chapter.
(b) PRINCIPAL
DUTIES.—As principal duties,
local
veterans’
employment
representatives
shall—
(1) conduct outreach to employers in the
area to assist veterans in gaining employ-
ment, including c
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