; Regional Administrators . (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended to read as follows: 4102A. Deputy Under Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training; program functions; Regional Administrators. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2025. 4. Consolidation of disabled veterans outreach program and local veterans’ employment representatives (a) Consolidation (1) In general Section 4104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 4104. Veteran employment specialists (a) Requirement for employment by states (1) Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State shall employ and assign such full- or part-time veteran employment specialists in an agency of the State as the State determines appropriate and efficient to carry out the following: (A) Employment, training, and placement services under this chapter. (B) Intensive services under this chapter to meet the employment needs of eligible veterans with the following priority in the provision of services: (i) Special disabled veterans. (ii) Other disabled veterans. (iii) Other eligible veterans in accordance with priorities determined by the Secretary taking into account applicable rates of unemployment and the employment emphases set forth in chapter 42 of this title. (2) In the provision of services in accordance with this subsection, maximum emphasis in meeting the employment and training needs of veterans shall be placed on assisting economically or educationally disadvantaged veterans. (b) Principal duties As principal duties, veteran employment specialists shall— (1) conduct outreach to employers in the area to assist veterans and disabled veterans in gaining employment, including conducting seminars for employers and, in conjunction with employers, conducting job search workshops and establishing job search groups