Sec. 3. Greater flexibility to States in carrying out Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program and employing Local Veterans' Employment Representatives
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Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Secretary may not reject a plan submitted by a State under this subsection based solely on which agency the Governor of the State selects to carry out such plan. . Section 4102A of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary shall encourage the Governor of a State to colocate the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives of such State with one or more one-stop centers described in section 121(e) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3151(e) ) in such State. .
Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The Secretary shall encourage each State that submits a plan as part of an application under subparagraph
(A)to tailor such plan to meet the employment and training needs of veterans in such State. In a case in which a plan described in clause
(i)addresses a significant barrier to employment, a State may propose such barriers as the State considers appropriate for the purpose of allowing additional categories of veterans to receive services under sections 4103A and 4104 of this title, subject to review and approval of such proposal by the Secretary. . Subsection
(c)of such section, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In any case in which a State submits a plan to the Secretary under this subsection and the Secretary objects to a portion of the plan but not the entirety of the plan, the Secretary shall— approve such portions of the plan as the Secretary does not find objectionable; submit to the State an explanation describing which portions of the plan were not approved and why; and allow the State to submit for approval revisions to the portions of the plan for which the Secretary submitted an explanation under subparagraph (B). . No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this section. The amendments made by this section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code.
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Greater flexibility to States in carrying out Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program and employing Local Veterans' Employment Representatives
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