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(2024-10-22)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagpp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP 118TH CONGRESS REPT.118-715 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 GET REWARDING OUTDOOR WORK FOR OUR VETERANS ACT OCTOBER 22, 2024.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 1786] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1786) to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sub- mit to Congress a report on the Warrior Training Advancement Course, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to administer a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and resource management activities of the Department of the Inte- rior, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 1786 is to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the Warrior Training Ad- vancement Course, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to admin- ister a pilot program to employ veterans in positions that relate to conservation and resource management activities of the Depart- ment of the Interior, and for other purposes. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION One of the challenges facing veterans transitioning to civilian life can be finding good jobs that match their skillsets and enable them to adequately provide for their families. Finding a job after military service impacts nearly 200,000 veterans every year, and only one in four veterans have a job lined up after leaving the Armed Forces. Finding solutions to address this problem has been a con- sistent priority for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). 59-006