[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[H.R. 4155 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4155

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
   To direct the head of each Federal department and agency to treat 
    relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or 
            certification requirements for Federal licenses.

    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 ``Veteran Skills to Jobs Act''.
SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF RELEVANT MILITARY TRAINING FOR ISSUANCE OF A 
FEDERAL LICENSE.
    (a) In General.--The head of each Federal licensing authority shall 
consider and may accept, in the case of any individual applying for a 
license, any relevant training received by such individual while 
serving as a member of the armed forces, for the purpose of satisfying 
the requirements for such license.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act--
        (1) the term ``license'' means a license, certification, or 
    other grant of permission to engage in a particular activity;
        (2) the term ``Federal licensing authority'' means a 
    department, agency, or other entity of the Government having 
    authority to issue a license;
        (3) the term ``armed forces'' has the meaning given such term 
    by section 2101(2) of title 5, United States Code; and
        (4) the term ``Government'' means the Government of the United 
    States.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
    The head of each Federal licensing authority shall--
        (1) with respect to any license a licensing authority grants or 
    is empowered to grant as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
    prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this Act not later 
    than 180 days after such date; and
        (2) with respect to any license of a licensing authority not 
    constituted or not empowered to grant the license as of the date of 
    enactment of this Act, prescribe any regulations necessary to carry 
    out this Act not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
    agency is so constituted or empowered, as the case may be.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.