(a) The Congress declares that the outreach services program authorized by this subchapter is for the purpose of ensuring that all veterans (especially those who have been recently discharged or released from active military, naval, or air service and those who are eligible for readjustment or other benefits and services under laws administered by the Department) are provided timely and appropriate assistance to aid and encourage them in applying for and obtaining such benefits and services in order that they may achieve a rapid social and economic readjustment to civilian life and obtain a higher standard of living for themselves and their dependents. The Congress further declares that the outreach services program authorized by this subchapter is for the purpose of charging the Department with the affirmative duty of seeking out eligible veterans and eligible dependents and providing them with such services.
(b) For the purposes of this subchapter—
(1) the term “other governmental programs” includes all programs under State or local laws as well as all programs under Federal law other than those authorized by this title; and
(2) the term “eligible dependent” means a spouse, surviving spouse, child, or dependent parent of a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service.
(Added Pub. L. 102–83, §2(b), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 400; amended Pub. L. 107–14, §6(a), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 30.)
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 240 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, §2(a).
2001—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–14 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “the term ‘eligible dependent’ means an ‘eligible person’ as defined in section 3501(a)(1) of this title.”
Pub. L. 103–446, title X, §1001(a), (b), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4678, 4679, as amended by Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §204, Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2288; Pub. L. 107–103, title V, §509(e), Dec. 27, 2001, 115 Stat. 997, directed in subsec. (a) that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submit to Congress an annual report of activities of Department of Veterans Affairs to assist homeless veterans. Subsec. (a) was repealed and restated in section 2065 of this title by Pub. L. 107–95, §5(a)(1), (e)(2), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 914, 918. Subsec. (b) was previously repealed by Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §204(2), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2288.
Pub. L. 102–590, §§2–4, Nov. 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 5136–5139, as amended by Pub. L. 103–446, title X, §1003, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4679; Pub. L. 104–110, title I, §102(c)(1), (2), Feb. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 769; Pub. L. 105–114, title II, §§202(c)(3), 203(b), Nov. 21, 1997, 111 Stat. 2287, 2288; Pub. L. 106–117, title IX, §903(1)–(3), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1587; Pub. L. 107–14, §8(c), June 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 36, which provided for a grant program to assist eligible entities in establishing new programs to furnish, and expanding existing programs for furnishing, outreach, rehabilitative services, vocational counseling and training, and transitional housing assistance to homeless veterans and per diem payments to grant recipients for furnishing services to homeless veterans, was repealed and restated in sections 2011 and 2012 of this title by Pub. L. 107–95, §5(a)(1), (e)(1), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 906, 918.
Pub. L. 102–590, §10, Nov. 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 5141, directed Secretary of Veterans Affairs, not later than May 1 of each of 1994, 1995, and 1996, to submit to Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of Senate and House of Representatives a report on implementation of Pub. L. 102–590, including information on (1) number of veterans assisted, (2) services provided, and (3) Secretary's analysis of operational and clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of programs established under, or with assistance provided by, Pub. L. 102–590, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–446, title X, §1001(c), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4679.
Pub. L. 102–590, §12, Nov. 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 5142, as amended by Pub. L. 103–446, title X, §1004, Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4679; Pub. L. 104–110, title I, §102(c)(3), Feb. 13, 1996, 110 Stat. 769; Pub. L. 106–117, title IX, §903(4), Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1587, which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1993 through 1997 and 2000 and 2001, was repealed by Pub. L. 107–95, §5(e)(1), Dec. 21, 2001, 115 Stat. 918.