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97 STAT. 450 PUBLIC LAW 98-77 —AUG. 15, 1983 Agreement with Labor Department. (b) The Administrator may monitor employers and veterans par- ticipating in programs of job training under this Act to determine compHance with the requirements established under this Act. (c) The Administrator may investigate any matter the Adminis- trator considers necessary to determine compliance with the requirements established under this Act. The investigations authorized by this subsection may include examining records (in- cluding making certified copies of records), questioning employees, and entering into any premises or onto any site where any part of a program of job training is conducted under this Act, or where any of the records of the employer offering or providing such program are kept. (d) The Administrator may administer functions under subsec- tions (b) and (c) in accordance with an agreement between the Administrator and the Secretary providing for the administration of such subsections (or any portion of such subsections) by the Depart- ment of Labor. Under such an agreement, any entity of the Depart- ment of Labor specified in the agreement may administer such subsections, notwithstanding section 4(b). 29 USC 1721 note. 38 USC 1501, 1601, 1651, 1700, 1770. 96 Stat. 1322. COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS SEC. 13. (a)(1) Assistance may not be paid under this Act to an employer on behalf of a veteran for any period of time described in paragraph (2) and to such veteran under chapter 31, 32, 34, 35, or 36 of title 38, United States Code, for the same period of time. (2) A period of time referred to in paragraph (1) is the period of time beginning on the date on which the veteran enters into an approved program of job training of an employer for purposes of assistance under this Act and ending on the last date for which such assistance is payable. (b) Assistance may not be paid under this Act to an employer on behalf of an eligible veteran for any period if the employer receives for that period any other form of assistance on account of the training or employment of the veteran, including assistance under the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or a credit under section 44B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 44B) (relating to credit for employment of certain new employees). (c) Assistance may not be paid under this Act on behalf of a veteran who has completed a program of job training under this Act. 29 USC 1721 note. COUNSELING SEC. 14. The Administrator and the Secretary may, upon request, provide employment counseling services to any veteran eligible to participate under this Act in order to assist such veteran in select- ing a suitable program of job training under this Act. 29 USC 1721 note. 38 USC 1501, 1651, 1770, 2000, 2011. INFORMATION AND OUTREACH; USE OF AGENCY RESOURCES SEC. 15. (a)(1) The Administrator and the Secretary shall jointly provide for an outreach and public information program— (A) to inform veterans about the employment and job training opportunities available under this Act, under chapters 31, 34, 36, 41, and 42 of title 38, United States Code, and under other provisions of law; and