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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 58--BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR 
                           RECENTLY SEPARATED
 
Sec. 1144. Employment assistance, job training assistance, and 
        other transitional services: Department of Labor
        
    (a) In General.--(1) The Secretary of Labor, in conjunction with the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, shall establish and maintain a program to furnish 
counseling, assistance in identifying employment and training 
opportunities, help in obtaining such employment and training, and other 
related information and services to members of the armed forces under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned who are being separated from 
active duty and the spouses of such members. Such services shall be 
provided to a member during the 180-day period before the member is 
separated from active duty.
    (2) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall cooperate with the Secretary of 
Labor in establishing and maintaining the program under this section.
    (3) The Secretaries referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter into a 
detailed agreement to carry out this section. The agreement shall be 
entered into no later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this section.
    (b) Elements of Program.--In establishing and carrying out a program 
under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall do the following:
        (1) Provide information concerning employment and training 
    assistance, including (A) labor market information, (B) civilian 
    work place requirements and employment opportunities, (C) 
    instruction in resume preparation, and (D) job analysis techniques, 
    job search techniques, and job interview techniques.
        (2) In providing information under paragraph (1), use experience 
    obtained from implementation of the pilot program established under 
    section 408 of Public Law 101-237.
        (3) Provide information concerning Federal, State, and local 
    programs, and programs of military and veterans' service 
    organizations, that may be of assistance to such members after 
    separation from the armed forces, including, as appropriate, the 
    information and services to be provided under section 1142 of this 
    title.
        (4) Inform such members that the Department of Defense and the 
    Department of Transportation are required under section 1143(a) of 
    this title to provide proper certification or verification of job 
    skills and experience acquired while on active duty that may have 
    application to employment in the civilian sector for use in seeking 
    civilian employment and in obtaining job search skills.
        (5) Provide information and other assistance to such members in 
    their efforts to obtain loans and grants from the Small Business 
    Administration and other Federal, State, and local agencies.
        (6) Provide information about the geographic areas in which such 
    members will relocate after separation from the armed forces, 
    including, to the degree possible, information about employment 
    opportunities, the labor market, and the cost of living in those 
    areas (including, to the extent practicable, the cost and 
    availability of housing, child care, education, and medical and 
    dental care).
        (7) Work with military and veterans' service organizations and 
    other appropriate organizations in promoting and publicizing job 
    fairs for such members.
        (8) Provide information regarding the public and community 
    service jobs program carried out under section 1143a of this title.

    (c) Participation.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Transportation shall encourage and otherwise promote maximum 
participation by members of the armed forces eligible for assistance 
under the program carried out under this section.
    (d) Use of Personnel and Organizations.--In carrying out the program 
established under this section, the Secretaries may--
        (1) provide, as the case may be, for the use of disabled 
    veterans outreach program specialists, local veterans' employment 
    representatives, and other employment service personnel funded by 
    the Department of Labor to the extent that the Secretary of Labor 
    determines that such use will not significantly interfere with the 
    provision of services or other benefits to eligible veterans and 
    other eligible recipients of such services or benefits;
        (2) use military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
    Defense and the Department of Transportation;
        (3) use personnel of the Veterans Benefits Administration of the 
    Department of Veterans Affairs and other appropriate personnel of 
    that Department;
        (4) use representatives of military and veterans' service 
    organizations;
        (5) enter into contracts with public or private entities; and
        (6) take other necessary action to develop and furnish the 
    information and services to be provided under this section.

    (e) Funding.--(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Labor to carry out this section $11,000,000 for fiscal 
year 1993 and $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995.
    (2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out this section $6,500,000 for each of fiscal 
years 1993, 1994, and 1995.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 502(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1553; amended Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1061(a)(6), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1472; Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, 
title XLIV, Secs. 4462(c), 4469, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2740, 2752; 
Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 543(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2769.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(3), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 101-510, which was approved 
Nov. 5, 1990.
    Section 408 of Public Law 101-237, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is 
set out as a note under section 4100 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(b)(1), inserted ``, 
the Secretary of Transportation,'' after ``Secretary of Defense'' and 
substituted ``concerned'' for ``of a military department''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(b)(2), inserted ``, the 
Secretary of Transportation,'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.
    Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(b)(3), substituted 
``Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation are'' for 
``Department of Defense is''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(b)(4), inserted ``and the 
Secretary of Transportation'' after ``Secretary of Defense''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(b)(5), inserted ``and the 
Department of Transportation'' after ``Department of Defense''.
    1992--Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 4462(c), added par. (8).
    Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 4469(1), substituted 
``$11,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and $8,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 1994 and 1995'' for ``$4,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and 
$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1992 and 1993''.
    Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 4469(2), substituted 
``$6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995'' for 
``$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and $4,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 1992 and 1993''.
    1991--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 102-190, Sec. 1061(a)(6)(A), 
substituted ``resume'' for ``resume'' in cl. (C).
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102-190, Sec. 1061(a)(6)(B), substituted 
``veterans' service organizations'' for ``veterans service 
organization'' and ``armed forces'' for ``Armed Forces''.
    Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 102-190, Sec. 1061(a)(6)(C), substituted 
``those areas'' for ``such area''.


                         Implementation Reports

    Section 502(c) of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that:
    ``(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act [Nov. 5, 1990], the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a 
report setting forth the agreement entered into to carry out section 
1144 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). The 
report shall include a detailed description of the responsibilities of 
the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs in carrying out that section and of the steps that have 
been taken to carry out those responsibilities.
    ``(2) Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report 
containing a detailed evaluation of the program carried out under that 
section to the date of the submission of the report.
    ``(3) The reports under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prepared in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1142 of this title.
