JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT.

SEC. 701. JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT. (a) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training.—Section 4102A(a) is amended— (1) by striking out “(1)” and “(2)” and inserting in lieu thereof “(A)” and “(B)”, respectively; (2) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(2) There shall be within the Department of Labor a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training. The Deputy Assistant Secretary shall perform such functions as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training prescribes. The Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be a veteran.”. (b) DVOP Specialists Compensation Rates.—Section 4103A(a)(1) is amended by striking out “a rate not less than the rate prescribed for an entry level professional” and inserting in lieu thereof “rates comparable to those paid other professionals performing essentially similar duties” (c) Special Unemployment Study.—Subsection (a) of section 4110A is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) The Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall conduct a study every two years of unemployment among each of the following categories of veterans: “(A) Special disabled veterans. “(B) Veterans of the Vietnam era who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era. “(C) Veterans who served on active duty during the Vietnam era who did not serve in the Vietnam theater of operations. “(D) Veterans who served on active duty after the Vietnam era. “(E) Veterans discharged or released from active duty within four years of the applicable study. “(2) Within each of the categories of veterans specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include a separate category for women who are veterans. “(3) The Secretary shall promptly submit to Congress a report on the results of each study under paragraph (1).”.