# § 4102. Purpose
section 4102A of this title
The Congress declares as its intent and purpose that there shall be an effective (1) job and job training intensive services program, (2) employment placement service program, and (3) job training placement service program for eligible veterans and eligible persons and that, to this end policies and regulations shall be promulgated and administered by an Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, established by , through a Veterans’ Employment and Training Service within the Department of Labor, so as to provide such veterans and persons the maximum of employment and training opportunities, with priority given to the needs of disabled veterans and veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized through existing programs, coordination and merger of programs and implementation of new programs, including programs carried out by the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to implement all efforts to ease the transition of servicemembers to civilian careers that are consistent with, or an outgrowth of, the military experience of the servicemembers.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1217, § 2011; renumbered § 2002, Pub. L. 87–675, § 1(a), Sept. 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 558; amended Pub. L. 89–358, § 6(c), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 27; Pub. L. 92–540, title V, § 502(a), Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1094; Pub. L. 93–508, title IV, § 401(b), Dec. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1592; Pub. L. 94–502, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2404; Pub. L. 96–466, title V, § 504(a)(2), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2203; Pub. L. 97–306, title III, § 302, Oct. 14, 1982, 96 Stat. 1437; Pub. L. 98–160, title VII, § 702(15), Nov. 21, 1983, 97 Stat. 1010; Pub. L. 100–323, § 15(b)(1), (d), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 574; renumbered § 4102 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 107–288, § 5(a)(1)(B), (b)(1), Nov. 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 2044, 2045.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
Prior section 4102, , , ; , , ; , , , related to divisions of Department of Medicine and Surgery, prior to repeal by , , . See .
Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in former prior to the amendment of this chapter by .
### Amendments
2002—, substituted “job and job training intensive services program,” for “job and job training counseling service program,”.
, substituted “and veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized” for “and veterans of the Vietnam era” and inserted before period “, including programs carried out by the Veterans’ Employment and Training Service to implement all efforts to ease the transition of servicemembers to civilian careers that are consistent with, or an outgrowth of, the military experience of the servicemembers”.
1991— renumbered as this section and substituted “4102A” for “2002A”.
1988— inserted “and Training” after “for Veterans’ Employment” and substituted “Veterans’ Employment and Training Service” for “Veterans Employment Service”.
1983— substituted “an Assistant” for “a Assistant”.
1982— inserted “and regulations” after “to this end policies”, and inserted “, with priority given to the needs of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era” after “opportunities”.
1980— struck out “Deputy” before “Assistant Secretary”.
1976— inserted “by a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veteran’s Employment, established by ,” after “promulgated and administered”.
1974— substituted “eligible veterans and eligible persons” for “eligible veterans” and “to provide such veterans and persons” for “to provide such veterans”.
1972— substituted provisions stating the Congressional declaration of purpose, for provisions relating to the assignment of veterans’ employment representatives. See .
1966— inserted “or of service after ” after “veterans of any war” in cls. (3) and (5); “or of service after ” after “veteran of any war” in first sentence; and “or of service after ,” after “veterans of any war” in cls. (1) and (4), wherever appearing, respectively.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
> “The amendments made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [
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### Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
### Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Amendment by effective 90 days after , see , set out as a note under .
### Veteran’s Employment Provisions
, , , as amended by , , ; , , , which authorized Secretary of Labor to provide for an outreach and public information program for veterans utilizing, to maximum extent, the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare and the Veterans’ Administration, was repealed by , , .