124 STAT. 2867 PUBLIC LAW 111–275—OCT. 13, 2010 (1) APPLICABILITY TO NEW EMPLOYEES.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a State employee assigned to perform the duties of a disabled veterans’ outreach program specialist or a local veterans’ employment representative under chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code, who is so assigned on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) APPLICABILITY TO PREVIOUSLY-HIRED EMPLOYEES.—In the case of such a State employee who is so assigned on or after January 1, 2006, and before the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall require the State to require, as a condition of a grant or contract under which funds are made available to the State in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 of title 38, United States Code, each such employee to satisfactorily complete the training described in section 4102A(c)(8)(A) of such title by not later than the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 104. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF VET- ERANS AFFAIRS TO VERIFY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Small Business Verification Act’’. (b) CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF SECRETARY OF VET- ERANS AFFAIRS TO VERIFY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP.— (1) CLARIFICATION.—Section 8127(f) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)— (i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘To be eligible’’; (ii) by inserting after ‘‘or the veteran.’’ the following new sentence: ‘‘Application for inclusion in the data- base shall constitute permission under section 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as the Privacy Act) for the Secretary to access such personal information maintained by the Secretary as may be necessary to verify the information contained in the application.’’; and (iii) by inserting after the sentence added by clause (ii) the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) If the Secretary receives an application for inclusion in the database from an individual whose status as a veteran cannot be verified because the Secretary does not maintain information with respect to the veteran status of the individual, the Secretary may not include the small business concern owned and controlled by the individual in the database maintained by the Secretary until the Secretary receives such information as may be necessary to verify that the individual is a veteran.’’; and (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol- lowing new paragraph (4): ‘‘(4) No small business concern may be listed in the database until the Secretary has verified that— ‘‘(A) the small business concern is owned and controlled by veterans; and ‘‘(B) in the case of a small business concern for which the person who owns and controls the concern indicates that the person is a veteran with a service-connected disability, that the person is a veteran with a service-connected dis- ability.’’. 38 USC 8127. 38 USC 101 note. Veterans Small Business Verification Act. Deadline.
