II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2239 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 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.

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This Act may be cited as the Veteran Skills to Jobs Act of 2012.

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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.