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PUBLIC LAW 92-540-OCT. 24, 1972

[86 STAT.

TITLE V—VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND

PREFERENCE Citation of ""'• 72 Stat. 1217; i Stat. 558; 80»Kal". 27^' Stat. 27. 38 USC 2001.

SEC. 501. This title may be cited as the "Veterans' Employment and Readjustment Act of 1972". SEC. 502. (a) Chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, is amended - -^ '
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"Chapter 41.~J0B COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS "Sec. ''2001. "2002. "2003. "2004. "2005. "2006. "2007. '•2008.

Definitions. Purpose. H,«,Assignment of veterans' employment representative. Employees of local offices. Cooperation of Federal agencies. Estimate of funds for administration; authorization of appropriations. Administrative controls; annual report. Cooperation and coordination with the Veterans' Administration.

"§2001. Definitions "For the purposes of this chapter— "(1) The term 'eligible veteran' means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released therefrom with other than a dishonorable discharge. " (2) The term 'State' means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and may include, to the extent determined necessary and feasible, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. '^§2002. Purpose "The Congress declares as its intent and purpose that there shall be an effective (1) job and job training counseling service program, (2) employment placement service program, and (3) job training placement service program for eligible veterans and that, to this end policies shall be promulgated and administered through a Veterans Employment Service within the Department of Labor, so as to provide such veterans the maximum of employment and training opportunities through existing programs, coordination and merger of programs and implementation of new programs. "§2003. Assignment of veterans' employment representative "The Secretary of Labor shall assign to each State a representative of the Veterans' Employment Service to serve as the veterans' employment representative, and shall further assign to each State one assistant veterans' employment representative per each 250,000 veterans of the State veterans population, and such additional assistant veterans' employment representatives as he shall determine, based on the data Post, p. 1096. collected pursuant to section 2007 of this title, to be necessary to assist the veterans'^ employment representative to carry out effectively in that State the purposes of this chapter. Each veterans' employment representative and assistant veterans' employment representative shall be an eligible veteran who at the time of appointment shall have been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years and who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and

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