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§4110A Special Unemployment Study

Title 38 › Part III— READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS › Chapter 41— JOB COUNSELING, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR VETERANS › § 4110A

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use the Bureau of Labor Statistics to do a yearly study of unemployment for seven groups of veterans: Guard or Reserve members called to active duty; veterans who served in combat or a war zone in Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters; veterans on active duty during the Post 9/11 Global Operations period who were not in those theaters; Vietnam-era veterans who served in the Vietnam theater; Vietnam-era veterans who served on active duty but not in that theater; veterans discharged or released within four years of the study; and special disabled veterans. The study must also treat women veterans as a separate category inside each group. The Secretary must quickly send the study results to Congress. The law defines the Post 9/11 Global Operations period as the Persian Gulf War starting on September 11, 2001, and ending on a date set later by Presidential order or law. The Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters include Afghanistan, Iraq, or any place where the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal is given.

Full Legal Text

Title 38, §4110A

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(a)(1)The Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall conduct an annual study of unemployment among each of the following categories of veterans:
(A)Veterans who were called to active duty while members of the National Guard or a Reserve Component.
(B)Veterans who served in combat or in a war zone in the Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters.
(C)Veterans who served on active duty during the Post 9/11 Global Operations period who did not serve in the Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters.
(D)Veterans of the Vietnam era who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era.
(E)Veterans who served on active duty during the Vietnam era who did not serve in the Vietnam theater of operations.
(F)Veterans discharged or released from active duty within four years of the applicable study.
(G)Special disabled veterans.
(2)Within each of the categories of veterans specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include a separate category for women who are veterans.
(b)The Secretary shall promptly submit to Congress a report on the results of each study under subsection (a).
(c)In this section:
(1)The term “Post 9/11 Global Operations period” means the period of the Persian Gulf War beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or law.
(2)The term “Post 9/11 Global Operations theaters” means Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other theater in which the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal is awarded for service.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 110–389, § 317(a), substituted “an annual study” for “a study every two years” in introductory provisions, added subpars. (A) to (G), and struck out former subpars. (A) to (E) which read as follows: “(A) Special disabled veterans. “(B) Veterans of the Vietnam era who served in the Vietnam theater of operations during the Vietnam era. “(C) Veterans who served on active duty during the Vietnam era who did not serve in the Vietnam theater of operations. “(D) Veterans who served on active duty after the Vietnam era. “(E) Veterans discharged or released from active duty within four years of the applicable study.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–389, § 317(b), added subsec. (c). 1998—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105–368, § 1005(b)(14)(B), redesignated par. (3) as subsec. (b). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–368 redesignated subsec. (a)(3) as (b), substituted “subsection (a)” for “paragraph (1)”, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The first study under this section shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section.” 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–446 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary, through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shall conduct, on a biennial basis, studies of unemployment among special disabled veterans and among veterans who served in the Vietnam Theater of Operations during the Vietnam era and promptly report to the Congress on the results of such studies.” 1991—Pub. L. 102–83 renumbered section 2010A of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on 60th day after May 20, 1988, see section 16(b)(2) of Pub. L. 100–323, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1988 Amendment note under section 3104 of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in subsec. (b) of this section, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 125 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

38 U.S.C. § 4110A

Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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