Member Squidley spotted this one. He’s like white on rice on this facet of vA monkeyshines.

HR 4072- Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012

H.R. 4072, the “Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012,” would transfer all responsibilities, functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the programs under title 38, Chapters 41, 42, 43 and 20 of the United States Code from the Department of Labor to VA by October 2013. The intent of this legislation appears to be to transfer all Veteran related services and programs from DOL to VA.

Within the Department of Labor, VETS has primary responsibility for many of these programs, including the Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) Program, Transition Assistance Program Employment Workshops (TAP), the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). However, other DOL agencies, such as the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), are also directly involved in the administration of programs that would be transferred by H.R. 4072.

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/congress/20120308_Ortiz.htm

Now we are just legally screwed! From the backroom to Congress no less! Will they transfer the budget for those new VA tasks? We know the answer to that one, don’t we?