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 124 STAT. 2870 PUBLIC LAW 111–275—OCT. 13, 2010 and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly submit to the Commit- tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Represent- atives and to the Comptroller General of the United States a report describing the methods and procedures established under paragraph (1). (3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the submittal of the report under para- graph (2), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Commit- tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Represent- atives a report on the report submitted under paragraph (2) and may provide recommendations for improving the methods and procedures described therein. (f) AGENCY DATA TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— The Office of Special Counsel and the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the Comptroller General such information and data about the demonstration project as may be required by the Comptroller General, from time to time during the course of the demonstration project and at the conclusion, in order for the Comptroller General to assess the reliability of the demonstration data maintained by both the Office of Special Counsel and the Department of Labor and to review the relative performance of the Office and Department under the demonstration project. (g) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.—The Comp- troller General shall review the relative performance of the Office of Special Counsel and the Department of Labor under the dem- onstration project and— (1) not later than one year after the commencement of the demonstration project, and annually thereafter during the period when the demonstration project is conducted, submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives an interim report on the demonstra- tion project; and (2) not later than 90 days after the conclusion of the demonstration project, submit to such committees a final report that includes the findings and conclusions of the Comptroller General regarding the relative performance of the Office and the Department under the demonstration project and such rec- ommendations as the Comptroller General determines are appropriate. SEC. 106. VETERANS ENERGY-RELATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT PROGRAM.—To encourage the employment of eligible veterans in the energy industry, the Sec- retary of Labor, as part of the Veterans Workforce Investment Program, shall carry out a pilot program to be known as the ‘‘Veterans Energy-Related Employment Program’’. Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to not more than three States for the establishment and administration of a State program to make grants to energy employers that provide covered training, on-job training, apprenticeships, and certification classes to eligible veterans. Such a program shall be known as a ‘‘State Energy-Related Employment Program’’. (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under the pilot program, a State shall submit to the Secretary an application that includes each of the following: (1) A proposal for the expenditure of grant funds to estab- lish and administer a public-private partnership program Grants. States. 29 USC 2913 note.