Military Skills to Careers Act - Requires a state, as a condition for receipt of a grant or contract from the Department of Labor to employ disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, to establish a program under which that state administers an examination and issues a license or credential to a veteran without requiring any training or apprenticeship if such veteran: (1) receives a satisfactory score on such examination, (2) has been awarded a military occupational specialty that is substantially equivalent to or exceeds the state requirements for such license or credential, (3) has engaged in active practice of such occupation for at least two of the five years preceding the date of application for such license or credential, and (4) pays any fees required by the state for such license or credential. Requires the state to report annually to the Secretary of Labor on the exams administered, the number of veterans who completed such exams, and exam results, disaggregated by occupational field.
Allows the Secretary to waive the requirement that a state establish such a program if the state certifies that it: (1) takes into account previous military training or testing; (2) permits veterans to satisfy through examination training or testing requirements for which a veteran has previously completed military training; and (3) substantially reduces training time, based on the military training received by a veteran, required to satisfy requirements the veteran is unable to completely satisfy through examination.
Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on administered exams and exam results.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3614 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3614
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the recognition by
States of skills learned in the military by a veteran when issuing
licenses and credentials.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 21, 2013
Mr. Reichert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the recognition by
States of skills learned in the military by a veteran when issuing
licenses and credentials.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Skills to Careers Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE RECOGNITION OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF VETERANS IN ISSUING
LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS TO VETERANS.
(a) In General.--Section 4102A(c)(9) of title 38, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under which funds
are made available to a State under subsection (b)(5) in order to carry
out section 4103A or 4104 of this title, the State shall--
``(i) establish a program under which the State administers
an examination to each veteran seeking a license or credential
issued by the State and issues such license or credential to
such veteran without requiring such veteran to undergo any
training or apprenticeship if the veteran--
``(I) receives a satisfactory score on completion
of such examination, as determined by the State;
``(II) has been awarded a military occupational
speciality that is substantially equivalent to or
exceeds the requirements of the State for the issuance
of such license or credential;
``(III) has engaged in the active practice of the
occupation for which the veteran is seeking such
license or credential for at least two of the five
years preceding the date of application for such
license or credential; and
``(IV) pays any customary or usual fees required by
the State for such license or credential; and
``(ii) submit each year to the Secretary a report on the
exams administered under clause (i) during the most recently
completed 12-month period that includes, for the period covered
by the report, the number of veterans who completed an exam
administered by the State under clause (i) and a description of
the results of such exams, disaggregated by occupational field.
``(B) The Secretary may waive the requirement under subparagraph
(A) that a State establish a program described in that subparagraph as
a condition of a grant or contract if the State certifies to the
Secretary that the State--
``(i) takes into account previous military training for the
purposes of issuing licenses or credentials;
``(ii) permits veterans to completely satisfy through
examination any training or testing requirements for a license
or credential with respect to which a veteran has previously
completed military training; and
``(iii) for any credential or license for which a veteran
is unable to completely satisfy such requirements through
examination, substantially reduces training time required to
satisfy such requirement based on the military training
received by the veteran.
``(C) Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense a report summarizing
the information received by the Secretary under subparagraph
(A)(ii).''.
(b) Effective Date.--
(1) Exams.--Subparagraph (A) of section 4102A(c)(9) of such
title, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the
date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act and shall apply with respect to grants and contracts
described in such subparagraph awarded after such date.
(2) Reports.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4102A(c)(9), as
added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and the
Secretary of Labor shall submit the first report under such
subparagraph not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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