Sec. 5106. Pilot program to employ veterans in positions relating to conservation and resource management activities
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The Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretaries concerned shall jointly establish a pilot program under which veterans are employed by the Federal Government in positions that relate to the conservation and resource management activities of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall administer the pilot program under subsection (a). The Secretaries concerned shall— identify vacant positions in the respective Departments of the Secretaries that are appropriate to fill using the pilot program under subsection (a); and to the extent practicable, fill such positions using the pilot program.
A veteran employed under the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall be treated as an employee as defined in section 2105 of title 5, United States Code. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish guidelines containing best practices for departments and agencies of the Federal Government that carry out programs to employ veterans who are transitioning from service in the Armed Forces. Such guidelines shall include— lessons learned under the Warrior Training Advancement Course of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and methods to realize cost savings based on such lessons learned. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretaries concerned, and the Secretary of Defense may enter into a partnership to include the pilot program under subsection
(a)as part of the Skillbridge program under section 1143 of title 10, United States Code. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program under subsection (a), including a description of how the pilot program will be carried out in a manner to reduce the unemployment of veterans. Not later than one year after the date on which the pilot program under subsection
(a)commences, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of the pilot program. Not later than one year after the date on which the pilot program under subsection
(a)is completed, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretaries concerned shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program that includes the following: The number of veterans who applied to participate in the pilot program. The number of such veterans employed under the pilot program. The number of veterans identified in subparagraph
(B)who transitioned to full-time positions with the Federal Government after participating in the pilot program. Any other information the Secretaries determine appropriate with respect to measuring the effectiveness of the pilot program. The authority to carry out the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall terminate on the date that is two years after the date on which the pilot program commences. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. The term resource management means approved conservation practices which, when properly planned and applied, work in tandem to provide environmental conservation and protection for soil, water, air, plant, and animal resources. The term Secretary concerned means— the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to matters regarding the National Forest System and the Department of Agriculture; and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to matters regarding the National Park System and the Department of the Interior.