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38 U.S.C. § 4109 — National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute
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**(a)** In order to provide for such training as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate for the efficient and effective provision of employment, job-training, intensive services, placement, job-search, and related services to veterans, the Secretary shall establish and make available such funds as may be necessary to operate a National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute for the training of disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists, local veterans’ employment representatives, Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training, Regional Administrators for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and such other personnel involved in the provision of employment, job-training, intensive services, placement, or related services to veterans as the Secretary considers appropriate, including travel expenses and per diem for attendance at the Institute.
**(b)** In implementing this section, the Secretary shall, as the Secretary considers appropriate, provide, out of program funds designated for the Institute, training for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service personnel, including travel expenses and per diem to attend the Institute.
**(c)**
(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Institute to enter into contracts or agreements with departments or agencies of the United States or of a State, or with other organizations, to carry out training of personnel of such departments, agencies, or organizations in the provision of services referred to in subsection (a).
(2) All proceeds collected by the Institute under a contract or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be applied to the applicable appropriation.
**(d)**
(1) The Secretary shall require that each
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**(a)** In order to provide for such training as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate for the efficient and effective provision of employment, job-training, intensive services, placement, job-search, and related services to veterans, the Secretary shall establish and make available such funds as may be necessary to operate a National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute for the training of disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists, local veterans’ employment representatives, Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training, Regional Administrators for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and such other personnel involved in the provision of employment, job-training, intensive services, placement, or related services to veterans as the Secretary considers appropriate, including travel expenses and per diem for attendance at the Institute.
**(b)** In implementing this section, the Secretary shall, as the Secretary considers appropriate, provide, out of program funds designated for the Institute, training for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service personnel, including travel expenses and per diem to attend the Institute.
**(c)**
(1) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the Institute to enter into contracts or agreements with departments or agencies of the United States or of a State, or with other organizations, to carry out training of personnel of such departments, agencies, or organizations in the provision of services referred to in subsection (a).
(2) All proceeds collected by the Institute under a contract or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be applied to the applicable appropriation.
**(d)**
(1) The Secretary shall require that each disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist and local veterans’ employment representative who receives training provided by the Institute, or its successor, is given a final examination to evaluate the specialist’s or representative’s performance in receiving such training.
(2) The results of such final examination shall be provided to the entity that sponsored the specialist or representative who received the training.
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**(a)** Except as provided in subsection (b), persons appointed to the Administration shall be subject to the provisions of and entitled to benefits under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 or subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, whichever is applicable.
**(b)**
(1) In computing the annuity under subchapter III of chapter 83, or subchapter II of chapter 84, of title 5 of an individual who retires under such subchapter (other than under section 8337 or 8451 of such title) after December 31, 1981, and who served at any time on a less-than-full-time basis in a position in the Administration to which such individual was appointed under subchapter I—
(A) for the purpose of determining such individual’s average pay, as defined by section 8331(4) or 8401(3) of title 5, whichever is applicable, the annual rate of basic pay for full-time service shall be deemed to be such individual’s rate of basic pay; and
(B) the amount of such individual’s annuity as computed under section 8339 or 8415 of title 5 (before application of any reduction required by subsection (i) of section 8339) shall be multiplied by the fraction equal to the ratio that that individual’s total full-time equivalent service bears to that individual’s creditable service as determined under section 8332 or 8411 of title 5, whichever is applicable.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(B), an individual’s full-time equivalent service is the individual’s creditable service as determined under section 8332 or 8411 of title 5, whichever is applicable, except that any period of service of such individual served on a less-than-full-time basis shall be prorated based on the fraction such service bears to full-time service. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, full-time service shall be considered t
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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) 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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**(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 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)** Except as otherwise provided by this section, the annuity of an employee retiring under this subchapter is—
(1) 1½ percent of his average pay multiplied by so much of his total service as does not exceed 5 years; plus
(2) 1¾ percent of his average pay multiplied by so much of his total service as exceeds 5 years but does not exceed 10 years; plus
(3) 2 percent of his average pay multiplied by so much of his total service as exceeds 10 years.
However, when it results in a larger annuity, 1 percent of his average pay plus $25 is substituted for the percentage specified by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, or any combination thereof.
**(b)** The annuity of a Congressional employee, or former Congressional employee, retiring under this subchapter is computed under subsection (a) of this section, except, if he has had—
(1) at least 5 years’ service as a Congressional employee or Member or any combination thereof; and
(2) deductions withheld from his pay or has made deposit covering his last 5 years of civilian service;
his annuity is computed with respect to his service as a Congressional employee, his military service not exceeding 5 years, and any Member service, by multiplying 2½ percent of his average pay by the years of that service.
**(c)** The annuity of a Member, or former Member with title to Member annuity, retiring under this subchapter is computed under subsection (a) of this section, except, if he has had at least 5 years’ service as a Member or Congressional employee or any combination thereof, his annuity is computed with respect to—
(1) his service as a Member and so much of his military service as is creditable for the purpose of this paragraph; and
(2) his Congressional employee service;
by multiplying 2½ percent of his average
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 4109
from time to time consult with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and keep the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs fully advised of activities carried
out and all data gathered pursuant to this chap-
ter to insure maximum cooperation and coordi-
nation between the Department of Labor and
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
provide to appropriate employment service of-
fices and Department of Labor offices, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, on a monthly or more
frequent basis, the name and address of each em-
ployer located in the areas served by such of-
fices that offer a program of job training which
has been approved by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs under section 7 of the Veterans’ Job
Training Act (29 U.S.C. 1721 note).
(Added Pub. L. 92–540, title V, § 502(a), Oct. 24,
1972, 86 Stat. 1097, § 2008; amended Pub. L. 94–502,
title VI, § 606(4), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2405; Pub.
L. 100–323, §§ 6(b)(1), (2)(A), 15(a)(2), May 20, 1988,
102 Stat. 564, 574; Pub. L. 101–237, title IV,
§ 423(b)(8), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2093; renum-
bered § 4108, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105
Stat. 406.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 7 of the Veterans’ Job Training Act, referred
to in subsec. (b), is section 7 of Pub. L. 98–77, which is
set out as a note under section 1721 of Title 29, Labor.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Prior section 4108, added Pub. L. 93–82, title II,
§ 204(a), Aug. 2, 1973, 87 Stat. 190; amended Pub. L.
94–123, § 5(e), Oct. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 94–581,
title I, § 110(7), title II, §§ 205(f), 209(a)(1), (2), (c)(4),
210(c)(5), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2849, 2859, 2860, 2862, 2864;
Pub. L. 96–22, title V, § 501, June 13, 1979, 93 Stat.
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