[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4155 Received in Senate (RDS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4155


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2012

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.