,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bajf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj1
 #bjae,mr4 ,brown 7for himself and ,mr4 
,tillis7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to develop and       
publish an action plan for improving the
 vocational rehabilitation services and 
assistance provided by the ,department  
of ,veterans ,affairs1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,wounded ,warrior   
,employment ,improvement ,act of #bjae4 
#b4 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
action plan to improve vocational       
rehabilitation and education  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #bgj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs    
shall develop and publish an action plan
 for improving the services and         
assistance provided under chapter #ca of

 title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7 
,elements ,the plan required by         
subsection 7a7 shall include each of the
 following3 7#a7 ,a comprehensive       
analysis of1 and recommendations and a  
proposed implementation plan for        
remedying workload management challenges
 at regional offices of the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs1 including steps  
to reduce counselor caseloads of        
veterans participating in a             
rehabilitation program under such       
chapter1 particularly for counselors who
 are assisting veterans with traumatic  
brain injury and post-traumatic stress  
disorder and counselors with educational
 and vocational counseling workloads4   
7#b7 ,a comprehensive analysis of the   
reasons for the disproportionately low  
percentage of veterans with             
service-connected disabilities who      
served in the ,armed ,forces after      
,september #aa1 #bjja1 who opt to       
participate in a rehabilitation program 
under such chapter relative to the      

percentage of such veterans who use     
their entitlement to educational        
assistance under chapter #cc of title   
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 including an
 analysis of barriers to timely         
enrollment in rehabilitation programs   
under chapter #ca of such title and of  
any barriers to a veteran enrolling in  
the program of that veteran's choice4   
7#c7 ,recommendations and a proposed    
implementation plan for encouraging more
 veterans with service-connected        
disabilities who served in the ,armed   
,forces after ,september #aa1 #bjja1 to 
participate in rehabilitation programs  
under chapter #ca of such title4  7#d7  
,a national staff training program for  
vocational rehabilitation counselors of 
the ,department that includes the       
provision of--  7,a7 training to assist 
counselors in understanding the very    
profound disorientation experienced by  
veterans with service-connected         
disabilities whose lives and life-plans 
have been upended and out of their      

control because of such disabilities2   
7,b7 training to assist counselors in   
working in partnership with veterans on 
individual rehabilitation plans2 and    
7,c7 training on post-traumatic stress  
disorder and other mental health        
conditions and on moderate to severe    
traumatic brain injury that is designed 
to improve the ability of such          
counselors to assist veterans with these
 conditions1 including by providing     
information on the broad spectrum of    
such conditions and the effect of such  
conditions on an individual's abilities 
and functional limitations4