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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR6861119th CongressWALLET
Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]
In Committee
Summary
Consolidates veteran employment services into the Department of Veterans Affairs. This bill would move specific Department of Labor functions into the VA and create a Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition to manage them and related programs.
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- Veterans and households: Job counseling, training, placement services, homeless veterans reintegration, and the administration of employment and reemployment rights for service members would be transferred to VA so veterans access these services through one department.
- States and front-line staff: States would hire full- or part-time veteran employment specialists, with part-time defined as half-time, who must prioritize disabled veterans and report quarterly to state managers and the VA. States must also send annual reports on hiring and pay, and the VA will annually summarize those reports for the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs.
- Federal operations and oversight: The transfer would move personnel, assets, records, liabilities, and unexpended balances to VA effective October 1, 2027. The VA and Labor must sign memoranda of agreement, the President must request funding in the fiscal year 2028 budget, and the Secretaries must submit a joint implementation study and report within one year of enactment.
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States hire veteran employment specialists
If enacted, the bill would replace DVOP and LVER jobs with a single state-employed "veteran employment specialist" role starting October 1, 2027. States would hire full- or part-time specialists to give job counseling, training, placement, employer outreach, and workshops. Specialists would focus intensive help first on special disabled veterans, then other disabled veterans, then other eligible veterans, and would give maximum emphasis to economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans. States would follow veteran hiring preferences, require regular reporting, and VA would provide training and an annual review of hiring and pay practices.
VA takes over veteran job programs
If enacted, the Department of Veterans Affairs would take over four veteran job programs from the Department of Labor on October 1, 2027. Staff, records, property, and unspent funds for those programs would move to VA as OMB directs so services keep running. The bill would create a new Deputy Under Secretary at VA to run these programs and set policy. Existing rules, permits, orders, and pending cases would stay in effect unless changed by law.
Joint VA and Labor study and budget
If enacted, VA and the Department of Labor would do a joint study and send a report to the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees within one year of enactment. The report would include costs, staffing and training plans, an implementation timeline, interoperability needs for records and IT, and recommendations for regulatory or statutory changes. The President would also include requested funding for the transferred functions in the FY2028 budget and future budgets.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8]
AZ • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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