PUBLIC LAW 98-77 —AUG. 15, 1983 97 STAT. 443 Public Law 98-77 98th Congress An Act To establish an emergency program ofjob training assistance for unemployed Korean Aug. 15, 1983 conflict and Vietnam-era veterans, and for other purposes. FH R 23551 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Emergency Veterans Job Training Act of SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS 1983. SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Veterans' 29 USC 1721 Job Training Act of 1983". '^°^- TABLE OF CONTENTS Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Establishment of program. Sec. 5. Eligibility for program; duration of assistance. Sec. 6. Employer job training programs. Sec. 7. Approval of employer programs. Sec. 8. Payments to employers; overpayments. Sec. 9. Entry into program ofjob training. Sec. 10. Provision of training through educational institutions. Sec. 11. Discontinuance of approval of participation in certain employer programs. Sec. 12. Inspection of records; investigations. Sec. 13. Coordination with other programs. Sec. 14. Counseling. Sec. 15. Information and outreach; use of agency resources. Sec. 16. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 17. Termination of program. Sec. 18. Expansion of targeted delimiting date extension. Sec. 19. Effective date. PURPOSE SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to address the problem of severe 29 USC 1721 and continuing unemployment among veterans by providing, in the "°^- form of payments to defray the costs of training, incentives to employers to hire and train certain wartime veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time for stable and permement positions that involve significant training. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act: 29 USC I72i (1) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of ^°^- Veterans' Affairs. (2) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Labor. (3) The terms "veteran", "Korean conflict", "compensation", "service-connected", "active military, naval, or air service", "State", and "Vietnam era", have the meanings given such terms in paragraphs (2), (9), (13), (16), (20), (24), and (29), respec- tively, of section 101 of title 38, United States (Jode.
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