PUBLIC LAW 107-288—NOV. 7, 2002 116 STAT. 2037 as in effect on the date before the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 3. FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE AWARDS FOR QUALITY VETERANS EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICES. (a) PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE AWARDS FOR QUALITY EMPLOY- MENT, TRAINING, AND PLACEMENT SERVICES. —Chapter 41 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§4112. Performance incentive awards for quality employ- ment, training, and placement services " (a) CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE AWARDS. —(1) For purposes of carrying out a program of performance incentive awards under section 4102A(c)(2)(A)(i)(III) of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, shall establish criteria for performance incentive awards programs to be administered by States to— "(A) encourage the improvement and modernization of employment, training, and placement services provided under this chapter; and "(B) recognize eligible employees for excellence in the provision of such services or for having made demonstrable improvements in the provision of such services. "(2) The Secretary shall establish such criteria in consultation with representatives of States, political subdivisions of States, and other providers of employment, training, and placement services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 consistent with the performance measures established under section 4102A(b)(7) of this title. " (b) FORM OF AWARDS. —Under the criteria established by the Secretary for performance incentive awards to be administered by States, an award under such criteria may be a cash award or such other nonfmancial awards as the Secretary may specify. " (c) RELATIONSHIP OF AWARD TO GRANT PROGRAM AND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. —Performance incentive cash awards under this section— "(1) shall be made from amounts allocated from the grant or contract amount for a State for a program year under section 4102A(c)(7) of this title; and "(2) is in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. "(d) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE DEFINED.— In this section, the term 'eligible employee' means any of the following: "(1) A disabled veterans' outreach program specialist. "(2) A local veterans' employment representative. "(3) An individual providing employment, training, and placement services to veterans under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or through an employment service delivery system (as defined in section 4101(7) of this title).".
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