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38 U.S.C. § 4103A — Disabled veterans’ outreach program
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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) 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 Employees.—**
(1) A full-time disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist shall perform only duties related to meeting the employment needs of eligible veterans, as described in subsection (a), and shall not perform other non-veteran-related duties that detract from the specialist’s ability to perform the specialist’s duties related to meeting the employment needs of eligible veterans.
(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).
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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)** The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations for the release of competing employees in a reduction in force which give due effect to—
(1) tenure of employment;
(2) military preference, subject to [section 3501(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3501/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) length of service; and
(4) efficiency or performance ratings.
In computing length of service, a competing employee—
(A) who is not a retired member of a uniformed service is entitled to credit for the total length of time in active service in the armed forces;
(B) who is a retired member of a uniformed service is entitled to credit for—
(i) the length of time in active service in the armed forces during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or
(ii) the total length of time in active service in the armed forces if he is included under section 3501(a)(3)(A), (B), or (C) of this title; and
(C) is entitled to credit for—
(i) service rendered as an employee of a county committee established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Allotment Act or of a committee or association of producers described in section 10(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act; and
(ii) service rendered as an employee described in section 2105(c) if such employee moves or has moved, on or after January 1, 1966, without a break in service of more than 3 days, from a position in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard to a position in the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively, that is not described in section 2105(c).
**(b)** A preference eligible described in [section 2108(3)(C) of this title](https
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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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### 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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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 4103A
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 505 of Pub. L. 96–466 effective
Oct. 1, 1980, see section 802(e) of Pub. L. 96–466, set out
as a note under section 4101 of this title.
Amendment by section 801(i) of Pub. L. 96–466 effec-
tive Oct. 1, 1980, see section 802(h) of Pub. L. 96–466, set
out as a note under section 3452 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–502 effective Dec. 1, 1976,
see section 703(c) of Pub. L. 94–502, set out as an Effec-
tive Date note under section 3693 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–508 effective Dec. 3, 1974,
see section 503 of Pub. L. 93–508, set out as a note under
section 3452 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 92–540 effective 90 days after
Oct. 24, 1972, see section 601(b) of Pub. L. 92–540, set out
as a note under section 4101 of this title.
§ 4103A. Disabled veterans’ outreach program
(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 place-
ments under this chapter to meet the employ-
ment needs of eligible veterans with the fol-
lowing 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 unem-
ployment and the employment emphases set
forth in chapter 42 of this title.
(2) In the provision of services in accordance
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