[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2239 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2239

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 27, 2012

Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. 
  Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the head of each 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 of 
2012''.

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

    The head of each agency (as defined under section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code) shall deem an applicant for a license issued by the 
agency who has received relevant training while serving as a member of 
the Armed Forces, as determined by the head of the agency, to have 
satisfied any training or certification requirements for the license, 
unless the head of the agency determines that the training received by 
the applicant is substantially different from the training or 
certification required for the license.
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