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[H.R. 4155 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 424
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4155

                          [Report No. 112-585]

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2012

   Mr. Denham (for himself and Mr. Walz of Minnesota) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

                              July 9, 2012

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Nugent, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rangel, 
Mr. Benishek, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Coffman of Colorado, Mr. Carson 
of Indiana, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Gary G. Miller 
  of California, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Carter, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Chu, Ms. 
Hayworth, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Walsh of Illinois, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, 
   Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Connolly of Virginia

                              July 9, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]


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                                 A BILL


 
   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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Skills to Jobs 
Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF RELEVANT MILITARY TRAINING AS SUFFICIENT 
              TO SATISFY TRAINING OR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              FEDERAL LICENSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The head of each Federal department or agency shall ensure 
that an applicant for any Federal license who has received relevant 
training while serving as a member of the Armed Forces, as determined 
by such head, is deemed to satisfy any training or certification 
requirements for the license unless the training received by such 
applicant is found to be substantially different from the training or 
certification requirements for the license.</DELETED>

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.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 424

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4155

                          [Report No. 112-585]

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                                 A BILL

   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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 9, 2012

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed