PILOT PROGRAM TO FURNISH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SEPARATING FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

SEC. 408. PILOT PROGRAM TO FURNISH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SEPARATING FROM THE ARMED FORCES. (a) Requirement for Program.—During the three-year period beginning on January 1, 1990, the Secretary of Labor (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”), in conjunction with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct a pilot program to furnish employment and training information and services to members of the Armed Forces within 180 days before such members are separated from the Armed Forces. (b) Areas To Be Covered by the Program.—The Secretary shall conduct the pilot program in at least five, but not more than ten, 103 STAT. 2084geographically dispersed States in which the Secretary determines that employment and training services to eligible veterans will not be unduly limited by the provision of such services to members of the Armed Forces under the pilot program. (c) Utilization of Specific Personnel.—The Secretary shall utilize disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists or local veterans’ employment representatives to the maximum extent feasible to furnish employment and training information and services under the pilot program. (d) Report.—Not later than May 1, 1992, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the findings and conclusions reached as a result of such pilot program.