[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3235

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a condition on 
  the receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and 
 training, that the State ensures that training received by a veteran 
 while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain 
       State certifications or licenses, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2012

Mr. Pryor (for himself and Mr. Johanns) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a condition on 
  the receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and 
 training, that the State ensures that training received by a veteran 
 while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain 
       State certifications or licenses, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Helping Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act'' or the ``HIRE at HOME 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY TRAINING IN GRANTING CERTAIN 
              STATE CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES AS A CONDITION ON THE 
              RECEIPT OF FUNDS FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under which funds 
are made available to a State in order to carry out section 4103A or 
4104 of this title for any program year, the Secretary shall require 
the State--
            ``(i) to demonstrate that when the State approves or denies 
        a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) for a 
        veteran the State takes into consideration any training 
        received or experience gained by the veteran while serving on 
        active duty in the Armed Forces; and
            ``(ii) to disclose to the Secretary in writing the 
        following:
                    ``(I) Criteria applicants must satisfy to receive a 
                certification or license described in subparagraph (B) 
                by the State.
                    ``(II) A description of the standard practices of 
                the State for evaluating training received by veterans 
                while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces and 
                evaluating the documented work experience of such 
                veterans during such service for purposes of approving 
                or denying a certification or license described in 
                subparagraph (B).
                    ``(III) Identification of areas in which training 
                and experience described in subclause (II) fails to 
                meet criteria described in subclause (I).''
    ``(B) A certification or license described in this subparagraph is 
any of the following:
            ``(i) A license to be a State tested nursing assistant or a 
        certified nursing assistant.
            ``(ii) A commercial driver's license.
            ``(iii) An emergency medical technician license EMT-B or 
        EMT-I.
            ``(iv) An emergency medical technician-paramedic license.
    ``(C) The Secretary shall share the information the Secretary 
receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the Secretary of Defense to 
help the Secretary of Defense improve training for military 
occupational specialties so that individuals who receive such training 
are able to receive a certification or license described in 
subparagraph (B) from a State.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a program year beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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