veterans’ employment provisions

veterans’ employment provisions Sec. 104. (a) The Director of the Veterans’ Employment Service, Department of Labor, established by section 2002 of title 38, United States Code, together with the Secretary and Under Secretary of Labor and such Assistant Secretaries of Labor as the Secretary may designate, shall be responsible for formulating and monitoring the implementation of all departmental policies and programs as they affect veterans, especially those relating to unemployment, job training, employment, and placement under any provision of law. (b) The Secretary of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, shall provide for an outreach and public information program utilizing, to the maximum extent, the facilities of the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare and the Veterans’ Administration in order to (A) exercise maximum efforts to produce jobs and job training opportunities for individuals who served in the Armed Forces and were discharged within 4 years before the date of their application for such jobs or job training and inform all eligible veterans about employment, job training, on-the-job training, and educational opportunities, under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, as amended by this Act, as provided for under title 38, United States Code, and under any other provision of law, and (B) inform all eligible applicants under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, Federal contractors and subcontractor’s, all Federal departments and agencies, educational institutions, labor unions, and other employers, of their responsibilities under this subsection and under all such laws, and (C) provide the entities described in clause (B) of this subsection technical assistance in carrying out those responsibilities. The Secretary of Labor, in consultation and cooperation with the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall report to the appropriate committees of the Congress not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act on the steps taken and regulations issued to carry out the provisions of this section and of section 205(c) (5) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973.