To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.

Sets forth the responsibilities of each Director and Assistant Director of Veterans' Employment and Training (assigned to each state by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs [VA] from among personnel within the Veterans' Employment and Training Service), including: (1) monitoring the performance of veterans' training and employment programs, with special emphasis on services to disabled veterans; (2) addressing performance deficiencies and establishing higher performance goals; (3) reviewing program funding and assisting with funding requests; and (4) conducting outreach to inform employers of their rights and responsibilities with respect to the hiring of veterans.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1316 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1316

To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities 
 of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and 
                               Training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

  Mr. Flores introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities 
 of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and 
                               Training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS OF VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT 
              AND TRAINING.

    Section 4103 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection (b):
    ``(b) Responsibilities.--Each Director and Assistant Director 
assigned to a State under subsection (a) shall carry out the following 
responsibilities:
            ``(1) Monitoring the performance of veterans' training and 
        employment programs in the State, with special emphasis on 
        services to disabled veterans.
            ``(2) Monitoring the performance of the State workforce 
        agency in complying with section 4212 of this title.
            ``(3) Suggesting to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
        Veterans' Employment and Training corrective actions that could 
        be taken by the State workforce agency to address deficiencies 
        in the performance of veterans' training and employment 
        programs in the State.
            ``(4) Annually negotiating with the State workforce agency 
        to establish performance goals for veterans' training and 
        employment programs in the State.
            ``(5) Reviewing the State's requests for funding for 
        veterans' training and employment programs and providing advice 
        to the State workforce agency and the Assistant Secretary 
        regarding such funding requests.
            ``(6) Conducting outreach to inform employers in the State 
        regarding their rights and responsibilities under chapter 43 of 
        this title and of veterans preferences and Federal contractors' 
        and subcontractors' affirmative action programs to hire 
        veterans.
            ``(7) Managing programs to administer and investigate 
        chapter 43 of this title, veterans preferences under Federal 
        and State laws, and federal contractors' and subcontractors' 
        affirmative action programs to hire veterans.
            ``(8) Forwarding complaints regarding possible violations 
        of chapter 43 of this title to the appropriate Regional 
        Administrator or to the to the Assistant Secretary, as 
        required.
            ``(9) Other duties as assigned by the Assistant Secretary 
        as directed.
            ``(10) Carrying out grant officer technical representative 
        responsibilities for grants issued under programs administered 
        by the Department.
            ``(11) Providing advice to the State workforce agency on 
        strategies to market veterans to employers.
            ``(12) Supervising and managing all support staff, 
        including Assistant Directors, establishing workload 
        priorities, managing all personnel actions, and evaluating all 
        assigned personnel.
            ``(13) Submitting to the Assistant Secretary regular 
        reports on the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), 
        and (10), and any other matters the Director or Assistant 
        Secretary determine appropriate.
            ``(14) Performing such other related duties as directed by 
        the Assistant Secretary.''.
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