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

                                                       Calendar No. 439
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, Ms. 
  Klobuchar, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heller, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Tester, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Begich, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. 
 McCaskill, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Johanns) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                             June 29, 2012

              Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with an amendment
 [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 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 
of 2012''.</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 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.</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.
                                                       Calendar No. 439

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2239

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 29, 2012

                       Reported with an amendment