Sec. 2. Establishment of Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration
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Part V of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: 8001. Organization of Administration. 8002. Functions of Administration. There is in the Department of Veterans Affairs a Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration. The primary function of the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration is the administration of the programs of the Department that provide assistance related to economic opportunity to veterans and their dependents and survivors.
The Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration is under the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition, who is directly responsible to the Secretary for the operations of the Administration. The Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration shall have two Deputy Under Secretaries as follows: The Deputy Under Secretary for Readjustment, who shall be the principal assistant of the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition with respect to the programs specified in paragraphs
(1)through
(4)of section 8002 of this title. The Deputy Under Secretary for Employment, Training, and Transition, who shall be the principal assistant of the Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition with respect to the programs specified in paragraphs
(5)through
(9)of section 8002 of this title. The Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration is responsible for the administration of the following programs of the Department: Vocational rehabilitation and employment programs. Educational assistance programs. Veterans’ housing loan and related programs. The verification of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans pursuant to subsection
(f)of section 8127 of this title, including the administration of the database of veteran-owned businesses described in such subsection. Job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans under chapter 41 of this title. Employment and training of veterans under chapter 42 of this title. Administration of employment and employment rights of members of the uniformed services under chapter 43 of this title. Homeless veterans reintegration programs under chapter 20 of this title. The Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of title 10. Any other program of the Department that the Secretary determines appropriate. . The tables of chapters at the beginning of title 38, United States Code, and of part V of title 38, United States Code, are each amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 79 the following new item: 80. Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration 8001 . Chapter 80 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection
(a)shall take effect on October 1, 2016. For fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the number of full-time equivalent employees authorized for the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, as established under chapter 80 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), may not exceed 22,118. Nothing in section 8002 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), or in any other amendment made by this Act, shall affect the provision of funds to grant recipients under section 2021 or 2021A of title 38, United States Code.