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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1143. Employment assistance
(a) Employment Skills Verification. - The Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast
Guard shall provide to members of the armed forces who are
discharged or released from active duty a certification or
verification of any job skills and experience acquired while on
active duty that may have application to employment in the civilian
sector. The preceding sentence shall be carried out in conjunction
with the Secretary of Labor.
(b) Employment Assistance Centers. - The Secretary of Defense
shall establish permanent employment assistance centers at
appropriate military installations. The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall establish permanent employment assistance centers at
appropriate Coast Guard installations.
(c) Information to Civilian Entities. - For the purpose of
assisting members covered by subsection (a) and their spouses in
locating civilian employment and training opportunities, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
establish and implement procedures to release to civilian
employers, organizations, State employment agencies, and other
appropriate entities the names (and other pertinent information) of
such members and their spouses. Such names may be released for such
purpose only with the consent of such members and spouses.
(d) Employment Preference by Nonappropriated Fund
Instrumentalities. - The Secretary of Defense shall take such steps
as necessary to provide that members of Army, Navy, Air Force, or
Marine Corps who are involuntarily separated, and the dependents of
such members, shall be provided a preference in hiring by
nonappropriated fund instrumentalities of the Department. Such
preference shall be administered in the same manner as the
preference for military spouses provided under section 1784(a)(2)
of this title, except that a preference under that section shall
have priority over a preference under this subsection. A person may
receive a preference in hiring under this subsection only once. The
Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide the same preference in
hiring to involuntarily separated members of the Coast Guard, and
the dependents of such members, in Coast Guard nonappropriated fund
instrumentalities.
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