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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2268 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Vet- |
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| 6 | 6 | | erans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive Committee, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JULY12, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | ING(for himself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense |
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| 16 | 16 | | Joint Executive Committee, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Interagency 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Cooperation to Support Veterans Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 2268 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | AFFAIRS-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 320 of title 38, United States Code, is 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | amended— 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (A) in paragraph (2)— 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the period at the end and inserting a semi-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | colon; and 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (iii) by adding at the end the fol-13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | lowing new subparagraphs: 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(C) the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Vet-15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | erans’ Employment and Training and such other of-16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ficers and employees of the Department of Labor as 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Secretary of Labor may designate; and 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(D) such officers and employees of other Exec-19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | utive agencies as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and the Secretary of Defense jointly determine, with 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the consent of the heads of the Executive agencies 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of such officers and employees, necessary to carry 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | out the goals and objectives of the Committee.’’; 24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (B) by adding at the end the following new 25 |
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| 50 | 50 | | paragraph: 26 |
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| 53 | 53 | | •S 2268 IS |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(3) The co-chairs of the Committee are the Deputy 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Under Secretary of 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Defense for Personnel and Readiness.’’; 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Job 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Training and Post-Service Placement Executive 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Transition Executive 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Committee’’; 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | following new paragraph: 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(6) Develop, implement, and oversee such 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | other joint actions, initiatives, programs, and policies 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | as the two Secretaries determine appropriate and 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | consistent with the purpose of the Committee.’’; and 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (4) in subsection (e)— 14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 15 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘J |
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| 70 | 70 | | OBTRAINING AND POST-SERVICEPLACE-16 |
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| 71 | 71 | | MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘TRANSITION’’; 17 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) in the matter before paragraph (1)— 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (i) by striking ‘‘Job Training and 19 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Post-Service Placement’’ and inserting 20 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘Transition’’; and 21 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (ii) by inserting ‘‘, in addition to such 22 |
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| 77 | 77 | | other activities as may assigned to the 23 |
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| 78 | 78 | | committee under subsection (d)(6)’’ after 24 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘shall’’; and 25 |
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| 82 | 82 | | •S 2268 IS |
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| 83 | 83 | | (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, tran-1 |
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| 84 | 84 | | sition from life in the Armed Forces to civilian 2 |
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| 85 | 85 | | life,’’ after ‘‘job training’’. 3 |
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