{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2665b.","heading":"Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program","text":"\u00a7\u202f2665b.\nVeterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program\n(a)\nIn General\nThere shall be in the Department a Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the \u201cVIP Fellowship Program\u201d).\n(b)\nFinding\nCongress finds that the VIP Fellowship Program plays a vital role in providing veterans with professional experience, training, and pathways to careers in international affairs, while strengthening the Department\u2019s recruitment of skilled, diverse, and service-minded personnel.\n(c)\nObjectives\nThe program required by subsection (a) shall\u2014\n(1) expand opportunities for veterans to gain professional experience in diplomacy, development, and international cooperation;\n(2) leverage the skills, leadership, and expertise of veterans to enhance the work of the Department and other participating agencies; and\n(3) support the transition of veterans into public service careers, particularly in foreign affairs.\n(d)\nAdministration\nThe program required by subsection (a) shall be administered by the Department, consistent with existing law and regulations, and in coordination with relevant Federal departments and agencies and veteran-serving organizations.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s2665b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2665b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In General"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"There shall be in the Department a Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the \u201cVIP Fellowship Program\u201d).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Finding"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Congress finds that the VIP Fellowship Program plays a vital role in providing veterans with professional experience, training, and pathways to careers in international affairs, while strengthening the Department\u2019s recruitment of skilled, diverse, and service-minded personnel.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Objectives"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The program required by subsection (a) shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" expand opportunities for veterans to gain professional experience in diplomacy, development, and international cooperation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" leverage the skills, leadership, and expertise of veterans to enhance the work of the Department and other participating agencies; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" support the transition of veterans into public service careers, particularly in foreign affairs.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s2665b/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Administration"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The program required by subsection (a) shall be administered by the Department, consistent with existing law and regulations, and in coordination with relevant Federal departments and agencies and veteran-serving organizations.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}