US Code

Public Law 119-87 (04/30/2026)

38 U.S.C. § 4103

Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training; additional Federal personnel

(a)

Directors and Assistant Directors .—

(1)
The Secretary shall assign to each State a representative of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to serve as the Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training, and shall assign full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel to each such Director.
(2)
(A)
Each Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for a State shall, at the time of appointment, have been a bona fide resident of the State for at least two years.
(B)
The Secretary may waive the requirement in subparagraph (A) with respect to a Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training if the Secretary determines that the waiver is in the public interest. Any such waiver shall be made on a case-by-case basis.
(3)
Full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel assigned to Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5.
(b)

Additional Federal Personnel .—

The Secretary may also assign as supervisory personnel such representatives of the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service as the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out the employment, training, and placement services required under this chapter, including Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training.
(c)

Coordination With State Departments of Labor and Veterans Affairs .—

Each Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training for a State shall coordinate the Director’s activities under this chapter with the State department of labor and the State department of veterans affairs.

Pub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1218 Pub. L. 87–675, § 1(a)76 Stat. 558 Pub. L. 89–358, § 6(c)(1)80 Stat. 27 Pub. L. 92–540, title V, § 502(a)86 Stat. 1094 Pub. L. 93–508, title IV, § 401(c)88 Stat. 1592 Pub. L. 94–502, title VI90 Stat. 2404 Pub. L. 96–466, title V, § 50594 Stat. 2204 Pub. L. 97–295, § 4(70)96 Stat. 1310 Pub. L. 97–306, title III, § 304(a)(1)96 Stat. 1437 Pub. L. 100–323102 Stat. 563 Pub. L. 101–237, title IV, § 423(b)(8)(B)103 Stat. 2093 Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)105 Stat. 406 Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(d)(14)108 Stat. 4684 Pub. L. 104–275, title III, § 302110 Stat. 3332 Pub. L. 107–288, § 4(a)(1)116 Stat. 2042 Pub. L. 110–389, title III, § 316122 Stat. 4167 Pub. L. 114–315, title V, § 504(a)130 Stat. 1568 (, , , § 2012; renumbered § 2003, , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , ; , §§ 602, 606(1), , , 2405; , title VIII, § 801(i), , , 2216; , , ; , (b), (c), , , 1438; , §§ 5, 7(a), 15(a)(2), (c)(1), (3)(A), , , 564, 574; , , ; renumbered § 4103 and amended , (c)(1), , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Pub. L. 85–85772 Stat. 1243 Pub. L. 86–568, title I, § 114(a)74 Stat. 300 Pub. L. 87–574, § 576 Stat. 309 Pub. L. 87–793, § 80176 Stat. 859 Pub. L. 88–1877 Stat. 15 Pub. L. 88–426, title I, § 117(a)78 Stat. 409 Pub. L. 89–785, title I, § 103(a)80 Stat. 1368 Pub. L. 93–82, title II, § 20287 Stat. 188 Pub. L. 94–581, title I, § 110(2)90 Stat. 2848 Pub. L. 96–330, title I, § 105(b)94 Stat. 1036 Pub. L. 100–687, div. B, title XV, § 1506(b)(1)102 Stat. 4135 Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(a)(3)105 Stat. 210 section 7306 of this titlePrior section 4103, , , ; –(e), , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , (b), , ; , , ; , title II, §§ 205(d), 209(c)(1), 210(c)(2), , , 2859, 2861, 2863; , title III, § 303, , , 1050; , , , related to Office of Chief Medical Director, prior to repeal by , , . See .

section 2002 of this titlePub. L. 92–540Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior to the amendment of this chapter by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 114–3152016—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 110–3892008—Subsec. (a)(2). designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).

Pub. L. 107–2882002— substituted “Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training; additional Federal personnel” for “Directors and Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training” in section catchline and amended text generally, substituting subsecs. (a) and (b) for former subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to Directors and Assistant Directors and their responsibilities.

Pub. L. 104–2751996—Subsec. (a). substituted “full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel” for “full-time Federal clerical support” in first sentence and “Full-time Federal clerical or other support personnel” for “Full-time Federal clerical support personnel” in third sentence.

Pub. L. 103–4461994—Subsec. (c)(2). substituted “subchapter II of chapter 77” for “subchapter IV of chapter 3”.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a)section 2003 of this title1991—, renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)Subsec. (a). , substituted “4107” for “2007”.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)Subsec. (c)(8). , substituted “4212” for “2012“.

Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)Subsec. (c)(11). , substituted “1712A” for “612A”.

Pub. L. 101–2371989—Subsec. (c)(2), (10). substituted “Department of Veterans Affairs” for “Veterans’ Administration”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(c)(3)(A)1988—, substituted “Directors and Assistant Directors” for “State and Assistant State Directors” and inserted “and Training” after “for Veterans’ Employment” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(a)(2)Subsec. (a). , struck out “of Labor” after “The Secretary” at beginning.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(c)(1), substituted “Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “State Director for Veterans’ Employment” in two places, “Assistant Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “Assistant State Director for Veterans’ Employment”, “Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “Assistant State Directors for Veterans’ Employment”, and “Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “State Directors for Veterans’ Employment”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(c)(1)Subsec. (b)(1)(A). , substituted “Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “State Director for Veterans’ Employment” and “Assistant Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “Assistant State Director for Veterans’ Employment”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 5(1)–(3), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), redesignated former cls. (A) and (B) as (i) and (ii), respectively, and substituted “, except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, be a qualified veteran” for “be an eligible veteran” in cl. (i).

Pub. L. 100–323, § 5(4)Subpar. (b)(1)(B). , added subpar. (B).

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(c)(1)Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “State Director for Veterans’ Employment” and “Assistant Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “Assistant State Director for Veterans’ Employment”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(a)(2), struck out “of Labor” after “to the Secretary”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(c)(1)Subsec. (c). , substituted “Director for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “State Director for Veterans’ Employment” and “Assistant Directors for Veterans’ Employment and Training” for “Assistant State Directors for Veterans’ Employment”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 7(a)(1)Public Law 98–7729 U.S.C. 1721Subsec. (c)(1). , inserted “(A) functionally supervise the provision of services to eligible veterans and eligible persons by such system and such program and their staffs, and (B)” after “(1)” and “, including the program conducted under the Veterans’ Job Training Act (; note)” after “programs”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 7(a)(2)Subsec. (c)(2). , inserted “and otherwise to promote the employment of eligible veterans and eligible persons” after “opportunities”.

Pub. L. 100–323, § 7(a)(3)Subsec. (c)(13) to (15). –(5), added cls. (13) to (15).

Pub. L. 97–306, § 304(a)(1)1982—, struck out text that preceded cl. (1), which related to assignment, number, qualifications, pay, and administrative position of veterans’ employment representatives, and inserted in lieu thereof a revised section catchline and subsecs. (a) to (c) relating to State and Assistant State Directors for Veterans’ Employment.

Pub. L. 97–295 substituted “chapter 51 and” for “chapter 51 of”.

Pub. L. 97–306, § 304(b)Subsec. (c)(6). , substituted provision of cl. (6) that the Director and Assistant Director promote and facilitate the participation of veterans in Federal and federally funded employment and training programs and directly monitor the implementation and operation of such programs to ensure that eligible veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, disabled veterans, and eligible persons receive such priority or other special consideration in the provision of services as is required by law or regulation, for provision that they promote the participation of veterans in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act programs and monitor the implementation and operation of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act programs to assure that eligible veterans, disabled veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam era receive special consideration when required.

Pub. L. 97–306, § 304(c)Subsec. (c)(8) to (12). , added cls. (8) to (12).

Pub. L. 96–4661980— in provisions preceding par. (1) inserted “(and shall assign full-time clerical support to each such representative)” after “to serve as the veterans’ employment representative”, struck out “, United States Code,” after “title 5”, substituted “employment and training programs” for “manpower and training programs”, inserted “system” after “public employment service” wherever appearing, and in par. (6) inserted “, disabled veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam era” after “eligible veterans”.

Pub. L. 94–5021976— substituted “the Secretary shall determine” for “he shall determine”, “such representative’s” for “his”, “administered by the Secretary or by prime sponsors under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act” for “administered by the Secretary”, added cl. (6), and redesignated former cl. (6) as (7).

Pub. L. 93–5081974— substituted “250,000 veterans and eligible persons of the State” for “250,000 veterans of the State”, and “Secretary’s veterans’ and eligible persons’ counseling and placement policies” for “Secretary’s veterans’ counseling and placement policies”, and in cls. (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of the fifth sentence substituted “eligible veterans and eligible persons” for “eligible veterans”, in cl. (3) substituted “eligible veteran’s or an eligible person’s” for “eligible veteran’s”, and in cl. (4) substituted “such veterans and persons” for “such veterans”.

Pub. L. 92–540section 2004 of this title1972— substituted provisions relating to the assignment of veterans’ employment representatives for provisions relating to the assignment of employees of local offices. See .

Pub. L. 89–3581966— inserted “or of service after ” after “veterans of any war”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Pub. L. 114–315, title V, § 504(b)130 Stat. 1569

38 U.S.C. 4103(c)“Subsection (c) of such section [], as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
, , , provided that:

Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Pub. L. 107–288section 4(a)(4) of Pub. L. 107–288section 4102A of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable for program and fiscal years under this chapter beginning on or after such date, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–323Pub. L. 100–323Pub. L. 100–323section 3104 of this titleAmendment by section 15(a)(2), (c)(1), (3)(A) of effective , and amendment by sections 5 and 7(a) of effective on 60th day after , see section 16(a), (b)(2) of , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

section 505 of Pub. L. 96–466section 802(e) of Pub. L. 96–466section 4101 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

section 801(i) of Pub. L. 96–466section 802(h) of Pub. L. 96–466section 3452 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Pub. L. 94–502section 703(c) of Pub. L. 94–502section 3693 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

Pub. L. 93–508section 503 of Pub. L. 93–508section 3452 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Pub. L. 92–540section 601(b) of Pub. L. 92–540section 4101 of this titleAmendment by effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .