Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/905

 PUBLIC LAW 96-466—OCT. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 2183

ries of such veterans on the basis of applicable rates of unemployment. "(b)(1) The Administrator, pursuant to regulations prescribed in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection, may make payments to employers for providing on-job training to veterans who have been rehabilitated to the point of employability in individual cases in which the Administrator determines that such payment is necessary to obtain needed on-job training or to begin employment. Such payments may not exceed the direct expenses incurred by such employers in providing such on-job training or employment opportunity. (2) In any case in which a veteran described in paragraph (1) of this subsection participates in on-job training described in such paragraph that satisfies the criteria for payment of a training assistance allowance under section 1787 of this title, such veteran shall, to the extent that such veteran has remaining eligibility for and entitlement to such allowance, be paid such allowance. "(3) The Administrator shall prescribe regulations under this subsection in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and, in prescribing such regulations, shall take into consideration the provisions of title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. ch. 16, subch. V) and section 2012 of this title, and regulations prescribed under such provisions.

On-job training payments,

38 USC 1787. Regulations,

29 USC 790. 38 USC 2012.

"§ 1517. Employment assistance 38 USC 1517. "(a)(1) A veteran with a service-connected disability who has participated in a vocational rehabilitation program under this chapter or a similar program under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and 29 USC 701 note. who the Administrator has determined to be employable shall be furnished assistance in obtaining employment consistent with such veteran's abilities, aptitudes, interests, and employment handicap, including assistance necessary to insure that such veteran receives the benefit of any applicable provisions of law or regulation providing for special consideration or emphasis or preference for such veteran in employment or training. "(2) Assistance provided under this subsection may include— "(A) direct placement of such veteran in employment; "(B) utilization of the services of disabled veterans outreach program specialists under section 2003 A of this title; and Post, p. 2204. "(C) utilization of the job development and placement services of (i) programs under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (ii) the State employment service and the Veterans' Employment Service of the Department of Labor, (iii) the Office of Personnel Management, and (iv) any other public or nonprofit organization having placement services available. "(b)(1) In any case in which a veteran has completed a vocational rehabilitation program for self-employment in a small business enterprise under this chapter, the Administrator shall cooperate with the Small Business Administration to assist such veteran to secure a loan for the purchase of equipment needed to establish such veteran's own business and to insure that such veteran receives the special consideration provided for in section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(b)). "(2) In the case of a veteran described in clause (12) of section 1504(a) of this title who has trained under a State rehabilitation program with the objective of self-employment in a small business enterprise, the Administrator may, subject to the limitations and criteria provided for in such clause, provide such veteran with such

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