Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/598

 102 STAT. 560

PUBLIC LAW 100-323—MAY 20, 1988

"2002A. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training; Regional Administrators.". SEC. 3. LOCAL VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2004 is amended to read as follows: Effective date.

"§ 2004. Local veterans' employment representatives "(a)(1) Beginning with fiscal year 1988, the total of the amount of funds made available for use in the States under section 2002A(b)(5)(A)(ii) of this title shall be sufficient to support the assignment of 1,600 full-time local veterans' employment representatives and the States' administrative expenses associated with the assignment of that number of such representatives and shall be allocated to the several States so that each State receives funding sufficient to support— "(A) the number of such representatives who were assigned in such State on January 1, 1987, for which funds were provided under this chapter, plus one additional such representative; "(B) the percentage of the 1,600 such representatives for which funding is not provided under clause (A) of this paragraph which is equal to the average of (i) the percentage of all veterans residing in the United States who reside in such State, (ii) the percentage of the total of all eligible veterans and eligible persons registered for assistance with local employment service offices in the United States who are registered for assistance with local employment service offices in such State, and (iii) the percentage of all full-service local employment service offices in the United States which are located in such State; and "(C) the State's administrative expenses associated with the assignment of the number of such representatives for which funding is allocated to the State under clauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph. "(2)(A) The local veterans' employment representatives allocated to a State pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be assigned by the administrative head of the employment service in the State, after consultation with the Director for Veterans' Employment and Training for the State, so that as nearly as practical (i) one full-time representative is assigned to each local employment service office at which at least 1,100 eligible veterans and eligible persons are registered for assistance, (ii) one additional fulltime representative is assigned to each local employment service office for each 1,500 eligible veterans and eligible persons above 1,100 who are registered at such office for assistance, and (iii) one half-time representative is assigned to each local employment service office at which at least 350 but less than 1,100 eligible veterans and eligible persons are registered for assistance. "(B) In the case of a service delivery point (other than a local employment service office described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) at which employment services are offered under the Wagner-Peyser Act, the head of such service delivery point shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of this title providing for priority services for veterans and priority referral of veterans to Federal contractors. "(3) For the purposes of this subsection, an individual shall be considered to be registered for assistance with a local employment service office during a program year if the individual—

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