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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-238—JAN. 13, 1986

99 STAT. 1769

(b) DIRECTIVE.—In carrying out such Act, the Administrator shall take all feasible steps to ensure that, in the cases of veterans who are eligible to have payments made on their behalf under both such Act and section 1516(b) of title 38, United States Code, the authority under such section is utilized, to the maximum extent feasible and consistent with the veteran's best interests, to make payments to employers on behalf of such veterans. Approved January 13, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1538: HOUSE REPORT No. 99-337, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): Dec. 9, considered and passed House. Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate amendments.