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29 U.S.C. § 3173 — General authorization
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The Secretary shall make allotments under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of [section 3172(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3172/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to each State that meets the requirements of section 3112 or 3113 of this title and grants under paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of [section 3172(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3172/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to each outlying area that complies with the requirements of this subchapter, to assist the State or outlying area, and to enable the State or outlying area to assist local areas, for the purpose of providing workforce investment activities for adults, and dislocated workers, in the State or outlying area and in the local areas.
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The Secretary shall make allotments under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of [section 3172(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3172/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to each State that meets the requirements of section 3112 or 3113 of this title and grants under paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of [section 3172(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3172/b&num=0&edition=prelim) to each outlying area that complies with the requirements of this subchapter, to assist the State or outlying area, and to enable the State or outlying area to assist local areas, for the purpose of providing workforce investment activities for adults, and dislocated workers, in the State or outlying area and in the local areas.
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**(a) Establishment of Position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.—**
(1) There is established within the Department of Labor an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall formulate and implement all departmental policies and procedures to carry out (A) the purposes of this chapter, chapter 42, and chapter 43 of this title, and (B) all other Department of Labor employment, unemployment, and training programs to the extent they affect veterans.
(2) The employees of the Department of Labor administering chapter 43 of this title shall be administratively and functionally responsible to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.
(3)
(A) There shall be within the Department of Labor a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training. The Deputy Assistant Secretary shall perform such functions as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training prescribes.
(B) No individual may be appointed as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training unless the individual has at least five years of service in a management position as an employee of the Federal civil service or comparable service in a management position in the Armed Forces. For purposes of determining such service of an individual, there shall be excluded any service described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of [section 308(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section308/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Program Functions.—** The Secretary shall carry out the following functions:
(1) Except as expressly pro
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**(a)** The Secretary shall provide any veteran who has a service-connected disability rated at 10 percent or more and who applies for benefits under this chapter with an initial evaluation consisting of such services described in [section 3104(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3104/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) as are necessary (1) to determine whether such veteran is entitled to and eligible for benefits under this chapter, and (2) in the case of a veteran who is determined to be entitled to and eligible for such benefits, to determine—
(A) whether such veteran has a serious employment handicap, and
(B) whether the achievement of a vocational goal currently is reasonably feasible for such veteran if it is reasonably feasible to make such determination without extended evaluation.
**(b)** In any case in which the Secretary has determined that a veteran has a serious employment handicap and that the achievement of a vocational goal currently is reasonably feasible for such veteran, such veteran shall be provided an individualized written plan of vocational rehabilitation developed under [section 3107(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3107/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** In any case in which the Secretary has determined that a veteran has a serious employment handicap but the Secretary is unable to determine, in an initial evaluation pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, whether or not the achievement of a vocational goal currently is reasonably feasible, such veteran shall be provided with an extended evaluation consisting of the services described in [section 3104(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-pre
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For the purposes of this title—
(1) The terms “Secretary” and “Department” mean the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Veterans Affairs, respectively.
(2) The term “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
(3) The term “surviving spouse” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title) a person who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to the date of the veteran’s death (except where there was a separation which was due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without the fault of the spouse) and who has not remarried.
(4)
(A) The term “child” means (except for purposes of chapter 19 of this title (other than with respect to a child who is an insurable dependent under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1965(10) of such chapter) and [section 8502(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section8502/b&num=0&edition=prelim)) a person who is unmarried and—
(i) who is under the age of eighteen years;
(ii) who, before attaining the age of eighteen years, became permanently incapable of self-support; or
(iii) who, after attaining the age of eighteen years and until completion of education or training (but not after attaining the age of twenty-three years), is pursuing a course of instruction at an approved educational institution;
and who is a legitimate child, a legally adopted child, a stepchild who is a member of a veteran’s household or was a member at the time of the veteran’s death, or an illegitimate child but, as to the alleged father, onl
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**(a) Determination of amount** For purposes of section 38, the amount of the work opportunity credit determined under this section for the taxable year shall be equal to 40 percent of the qualified first-year wages for such year.
**(b) Qualified wages defined** For purposes of this subpart—
(1) **In general** — The term “qualified wages” means the wages paid or incurred by the employer during the taxable year to individuals who are members of a targeted group.
(2) **Qualified first-year wages** — The term “qualified first-year wages” means, with respect to any individual, qualified wages attributable to service rendered during the 1-year period beginning with the day the individual begins work for the employer.
(3) **Limitation on wages per year taken into account** — The amount of the qualified first-year wages which may be taken into account with respect to any individual shall not exceed $6,000 per year ($12,000 per year in the case of any individual who is a qualified veteran by reason of subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii)(I), $14,000 per year in the case of any individual who is a qualified veteran by reason of subsection (d)(3)(A)(iv), and $24,000 per year in the case of any individual who is a qualified veteran by reason of subsection (d)(3)(A)(ii)(II)).
**(c) Wages defined** For purposes of this subpart—
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection (h)(2), the term “wages” has the meaning given to such term by subsection (b) of section 3306 (determined without regard to any dollar limitation contained in such section).
(2) **On-the-job training and work supplementation payments**
(A) *Exclusion for employers receiving on-the-job training payments* — The term “wages” shall not include any amounts paid or incurred by an empl
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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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### Statutory Notes
Section 1671, Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, § 401, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1368; Pub. L. 97–404, § 4(a), Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2026; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, § 401(a)–(d), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1074–1076, related to Native American employment and training programs.
Section 1672, Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, § 402, Oct. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1369; Pub. L. 97–404, § 4(b), Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2026; Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, § 401(e), (f), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1076, related to migrant and seasonal farmworker employment and training programs.
Section 1673, Pub. L. 97–300, title IV, § 403, as added Pub. L. 102–367, title IV, § 401(g), Sept. 7, 1992, 106 Stat. 1076, related to grant procedures.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective July 1, 2000, see section 199(c)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 105–220, set out as a note under [section 1501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** An eligible veteran (as defined in [section 3452(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3452/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) or an eligible person (as defined in [section 3501(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3501/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be paid a training assistance allowance as prescribed by subsection (b) of this section while pursuing a full-time—
(1) program of apprenticeship approved by a State approving agency as meeting the standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 16, 1937 (popularly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”) ([29 U.S.C. 50a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section50a&num=0&edition=prelim)), or
(2) program of other on-job training approved under provisions of [section 3677 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3677&num=0&edition=prelim),
subject to the conditions and limitations of chapters 34 and 35 of this title with respect to educational assistance.
**(b)**
(1) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible veteran pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be as follows: Column IColumnIIColumnIIIColumnIVColumn V Periods oftrainingNodependentsOnedependentTwodependentsMore thantwodependents The amount in column IV, plus the following for each dependent in excess of two: First 6 months$274$307$336 $14 Second 6 months205239267 14 Third 6 months136171198 14 Fourth and any succeeding 6-month periods68101131 14
(2) The monthly training assistance allowance of an eligible person pursuing a program described under subsection (a) shall be $57
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 105–220, title I, § 101, Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 939; Pub. L. 105–244, title I, § 102(d)(1), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1622; Pub. L. 105–332, § 3(f), Oct. 31, 1998, 112 Stat. 3126; Pub. L. 106–400, § 2, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1675; Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1076(w), Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2093; Pub. L. 109–270, § 2(h)(1), (2), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 747; Pub. L. 110–234, title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (E), (2)(R), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1096, 1097; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title IV, § 4002(b)(1)(B), (E), (2)(R), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1857, 1858, defined terms. See [section 3102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3102&num=0&edition=prelim).
Provisions similar to those formerly contained in this section were contained in [section 1503 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1503&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–220.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective on the first day of the first full program year after July 22, 2014 (July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as an Effective Date note under [section 3101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section3101&num=0&edition=prelim).
#### Short Title of 2007 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–140, title X, § 1001, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1748, provided that: “This title [amending [section 2916 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section2916&num=0&edition=prelim)] may be cited as the ‘Green Jobs Act of 2007’.”
#### Short Title of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–281, § 1, Sept. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 1173, provided that: “This Act [enacting [section 2918
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**(a)** The Secretary shall actively promote the development and establishment of employment, training, and other related opportunities for (1) veterans who are participating or who have participated in a rehabilitation program under this chapter, (2) veterans with service-connected disabilities, and (3) other veterans to whom the employment emphases set forth in chapter 42 of this title apply. The Secretary shall promote the development and establishment of such opportunities through Department of Veterans Affairs staff outreach efforts to employers and through Department of Veterans Affairs coordination with Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and appropriate nongovernmental organizations. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection with respect to veterans referred to in clause (3) of the first sentence of this subsection, the Secretary shall place particular emphasis on the needs of categories of such veterans on the basis of applicable rates of unemployment.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary, pursuant to regulations prescribed in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection, may make payments to employers for providing on-job training to veterans in individual cases in which the Secretary determines that such payment is necessary to obtain needed on-job training or to begin employment. Such payments may not exceed the direct expenses incurred by such employers in providing such on-job training or employment opportunity.
(2) In any case in which a veteran described in paragraph (1) of this subsection participates in on-job training described in such paragraph that satisfies the criteria for payment of a training assistance allowance under [section 3687 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title38-section3687&nu
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**(a)**
(1) There shall be no recovery of payments or overpayments (or any interest thereon) of any benefits under any of the laws administered by the Secretary whenever the Secretary determines that recovery would be against equity and good conscience, if an application for relief is made within one year from the date of notification of the indebtedness by the Secretary to the payee, or within such longer period as the Secretary determines is reasonable in a case in which the payee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such notification was not actually received by such payee within a reasonable period after such date. The Secretary shall include in the notification to the payee a statement of the right of the payee to submit an application for a waiver under this subsection and a description of the procedures for submitting the application.
(2) The Secretary may not seek to recover an indebtedness described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that the cost to the Department to recover such indebtedness, as determined when the debt is established, would exceed the amount of the indebtedness.
**(b)** With respect to any loan guaranteed, insured, or made under chapter 37 of this title, the Secretary shall, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, waive payment of an indebtedness to the Department by the veteran (as defined in sections 101, 3701, and 3702(a)(2)(C)(ii) of this title), or the veteran’s spouse, following default and loss of the property, where the Secretary determines that collection of such indebtedness would be against equity and good conscience. An application for relief under this subsection must be made within one year after the date on which the veteran receives notice by certified mail with return receipt requ
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