A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to establish and carry out a Vietnam Veterans' Resource Center pilot program.
Vietnam Veterans' Resource Center Act of 1985 - Directs the Administrator of Veterans Affairs to establish and carry out a pilot program which establishes ten readjustment counseling centers operated by the Veterans Administration (VA), each of which is to be designated as a Vietnam Veterans' Resource Center. Outlines the services to be made available under such program, including: (1) readjustment counseling; (2) alcohol or drug abuse treatment; (3) employment counseling; and (4) outreach and other services.
Requires each Center to furnish unified case management for each eligible veteran residing within its geographic area who requests such assistance. Authorizes the Administrator to request the Secretary of Labor to assign disabled veterans' outreach program specialists to such Centers as appropriate.
Requires the Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs to administer the pilot program. Directs the Administrator, by April 1, 1987, to report on the pilot program to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the House and the Senate. Outlines information to be included in such report.
Provides for termination of the pilot program three years after the date it is established.
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from OMB, VA.
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 99-420.
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from Labor Department.
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from VA.
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 876 ordered to be reported.
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