Veterans' Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments of 1988

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Introduced

9 April 1987

Last action

20 May 1988 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 100-323.

Summary

Veterans' Employment and Training Amendments of 1987 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to make each disabled veterans' outreach program specialist responsible to State Directors and Assistant State Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training. Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training, to make available for use in each State funds necessary to support the assignment of a specified number of local veterans' employment representatives based on the number of veterans registered with, or residing in the service area of, each local employment service office. Requires each local veterans' employment representative to be a veteran, with preference to be given to disabled veterans. Includes as a duty of such representative the provision of counseling services to veterans eligible for such services under the Veterans' Job Training Act. Requires each budget submission with respect to veterans' job program funds to include the number, by State, of the local veterans' employment representatives assigned. Directs the Secretary to develop and implement standards for the performance of disabled veterans' outreach specialists and local veterans' employment representatives. Requires the State Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training to monitor such performance and participate in performance reviews. Requires the Secretary of Defense, in order to assist the Secretary and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs in identifying potential employers of veterans under the Veterans' Job Training Act, to provide to each, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, a current list of employers participating in the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and to update such information on the fifteenth day of each month. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish and operate a National Veterans' Employment and Training Service Institute for the training of disabled veterans' outreach program specialists, local veterans' employment representatives, State and Assistant State Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training, and other personnel involved in such veterans' job training and placement assistance. Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to require each regional office of the Veterans Administration to provide to appropriate employment service offices and Department of Labor offices the names and addresses of employers that offer job training programs which have been approved by the Administrator under the VJTA. Amends the VJTA to revise the amount paid by the Administrator to an employer of a veteran participating in an approved program of job training under such Act. Requires the Administrator and the Secretary to jointly provide for: (1) a case manager for each veteran participating in a job training program; (2) counseling services; and (3) information services for participating employers and veterans in such job training programs. Requires that any veteran who is terminated from a job training program under such Act be provided vocational counseling before being recertified for participation in another such program. Directs the Secretary, not less frequently than on a quarterly basis, to collect from State employment agencies and State Directors for Veterans' Employment and Training information with respect to the number of veterans who receive counseling services during the course of their participation in job training programs, are referred to employers participating in such programs, participate in such programs, and complete such programs.

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Timeline

9 April 1987
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Source: IntroReferral
9 April 1987
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
30 April 1987
Committee
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
14 May 1987
Reported
Committee on Veterans. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
28 July 1987
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.
Source: Calendars
28 July 1987
Reported
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-128.
Source: Committee
28 July 1987
Reported
Committee on Veterans. Reported to Senate by Senator Cranston with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 100-128.
Source: Committee
4 August 1987
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
19 December 1987
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
19 December 1987
Floor
Previous action (Indefinitely Postponed) vitiated by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
20 December 1987
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 417 - 0 (Record Vote No: 72).
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 417 - 0 (Record Vote No: 72).
Source: Floor
27 April 1988
Floor
Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
Source: Floor
28 April 1988
Passed
Senate agreed to the amendment of the House and the title amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
28 April 1988
Passed
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the amendment of the House and the title amendment. By Voice Vote.
Source: NotUsed
28 April 1988
Floor
Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Source: Floor
29 April 1988
Floor
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Source: Floor
9 May 1988
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
9 May 1988
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
9 May 1988
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
20 May 1988
Became law
Became Public Law No: 100-323.
Source: President
20 May 1988
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
20 May 1988
President
Signed by President.
Source: President

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Passed House amended
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Passed Senate amended
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Indefinitely postponed in Senate
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
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Introduced in Senate
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related to → Veterans' Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments of 1987
related to → Veterans' Employment and Training Act of 1987
amends ← Amendment inserted a new text into the bill.
amends ← To authorize fiscal year 1988 and 1989 appropriations and to extend the deadline for veterans to apply for and enter into training; and for other purposes.

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