Sec. 1337. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING OF RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION
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## SEC. 1337 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING OF RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION **[**[10 U.S.C. 1143 note](/us/usc/t10/s1143)**]** ###
(a)Establishment The Secretary of Defense may establish a demonstration program to promote the training and employment of veterans in the construction and hazardous waste remediation industries. Using funds made available to carry out this section the Secretary shall make grants under the demonstration program to organizations that meet the eligibility criteria specified in subsection (b). ###
(b)Grant Eligibility Criteria An organization is eligible to receive a grant from the Secretary under subsection
(a)if it— ####
(1)demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, an ability to recruit and counsel veterans for participation in the demonstration program under this section; ####
(2)has entered into an agreement with a joint labor-management training fund established consistent with section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) to implement and operate a training and employment program for veterans; ####
(3)agrees under the agreement referred to in paragraph
(2)to use grant funds to carry out a program that will provide eligible veterans with training for employment in the construction and hazardous waste remediation industries; ####
(4)provides such training for an eligible veteran for not more than 18 months; ####
(5)demonstrates actual experience in providing training for veterans under an agreement referred to in paragraph (2); ####
(6)agrees to make, along with all subgrantees, a substantial in-kind contribution (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) from non-Federal sources to the demonstration program under this section; and ####
(7)gives its assurances, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that full time, permanent jobs will be available for individuals successfully completing the training program, with a special emphasis on jobs with employers in construction and hazardous waste remediation on Department of Defense facilities. ###
(c)Eligible Veterans An individual is an eligible veteran for the purposes of this section if the individual— ####
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(A)served in the active military, naval, or air service for a period of at least two years; #####
(B)was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability; or #####
(C)is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a disability rated at 30 percent or more; and ####
(2)was discharged or released on or after August 2, 1990, under conditions other than dishonorable. ###
(d)Preference In carrying out the demonstration program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that a preference is given to eligible veterans who had a primary or secondary occupational specialty in the Armed Forces that (as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary and in effect before the date of such separation) is not readily transferable to the civilian work force. ###
(e)Hazardous Waste Operations Training Goal It is the sense of Congress that at least 20 percent of the total number of veterans completing training under the demonstration program under this section should complete the training required— ####
(1)for certification under section 126 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (29 U.S.C. 655 note); and ####
(2)under any other Federal law which requires certification for employees engaged in hazardous waste remediation operations. ###
(f)Use of Funds Funds made available to carry out this section may only be used for tuition and stipends to cover the living and travel expenses of participants, except that the Secretary may provide that not more than a total of four percent of all the funds made available under this section may be used for administrative expenses of grantees and subgrantees. ###
(g)Limitation on Tuition Charged The amount of tuition charged eligible veterans participating in a training program funded under the demonstration program may not exceed the amount of tuition charged to nonveterans participating in programs substantially similar to that training program. ###
(h)Limitation on Expenditures Per Participant Of the funds made available to carry out this section— ####
(1)not more than $1,000 may be expended with respect to each veteran participating in the construction phase of the demonstration program; and ####
(2)not more than an additional $1,000 may be expended with respect to each veteran participating in the hazardous waste remediation phase of the demonstration program, except that the Secretary may authorize an additional $300 for the training of a veteran participating in such phase if the Secretary determines that such additional amount is necessary because of the type of training needed for the particular kind of hazardous waste remediation involved. ###
(i)Reports ####
(1)Not later than November 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit to Congress an interim report describing the manner in which the demonstration program under this section is being carried out, including a detailed description of the number of grants made, the number of veterans involved, the kinds of training received, and any job placements that have occurred or that are anticipated. ####
(2)Not later than December 31, 1995, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a final report containing a description of the results of the demonstration program with a detailed description of the number of grants made, the number of veterans involved, the number of veterans who completed the program, the number of veterans who were placed in jobs, the number of veterans who failed to complete the program along with the reasons for such failure, and any recommendations the Secretary considers to be appropriate. ###
(j)Definitions For purposes of this section, the terms “**veteran**”, “service-connected”, “active duty”, and “active military, naval, or air service” have the meanings given such terms in paragraphs (2), (16), (21), and (24), respectively, of section 101 of title 38, United States Code. ###
(k)Termination Not later than October 1, 1994, the Secretary shall obligate, in accordance with the provisions of this section, the funds made available to carry out the demonstration program under this section. * * * * * * * ## subtitle D National Shipbuilding Initiative
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DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR THE TRAINING OF RECENTLY DISCHARGED VETERANS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN HAZARDOUS WASTE REMEDIATION
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