[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR1002]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT 
                AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 1002_REGULATIONS UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERVICES EMPLOYMENT AND 
REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ACT OF 1994--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A_Introduction to the Regulations Under the Uniformed Services 
             Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
 
Sec.  1002.2  Is USERRA a new law?

    USERRA is the latest in a series of laws protecting veterans' 
employment and reemployment rights going back to the Selective Training 
and Service Act of 1940. USERRA's immediate predecessor was commonly 
referred to as the Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act (VRRA), which was 
enacted as section 404 of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment 
Assistance Act of 1974. In enacting USERRA, Congress emphasized USERRA's 
continuity with the VRRA and its intention to clarify and strengthen 
that law. Congress also emphasized that Federal laws protecting 
veterans' employment and reemployment rights for the past fifty years 
had been successful and that the large body of case law that had 
developed under those statutes remained in full force and effect, to the 
extent it is consistent with USERRA. USERRA authorized the Department of 
Labor to publish regulations implementing the Act for State, local 
government, and private employers. USERRA also authorized the Office of 
Personnel Management to issue regulations implementing the Act for 
Federal executive agencies (other than some Federal intelligence 
agencies). USERRA established a separate program for employees of some 
Federal intelligence agencies.