[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 492 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 492

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize 
     the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and 
            credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2013

  Mr. Burr (for himself and Mr. Rubio) 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 States to recognize 
     the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and 
            credentials to veterans, 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. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES RECOGNIZE MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF 
              VETERANS WHEN ISSUING LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS TO 
              VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 4102A(c) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the following new 
paragraph (9):
    ``(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under which funds 
are made available to a State under subsection (b)(5) in order to carry 
out section 4103A or 4104 of this title, the State shall--
            ``(i) establish a program under which the State administers 
        an examination to each veteran seeking a license or credential 
        issued by the State and issues such license or credential to 
        such veteran without requiring such veteran to undergo any 
        training or apprenticeship if the veteran--
                    ``(I) receives a satisfactory score on completion 
                of such examination, as determined by the State; and
                    ``(II) has not less than 10 years of experience in 
                a military occupational specialty that, as determined 
                by the State, is similar to a civilian occupation for 
                which such license or credential is required by the 
                State; and
            ``(ii) submit each year to the Secretary a report on the 
        exams administered under clause (i) during the most recently 
        completed 12-month period that includes, for the period covered 
        by the report the number of veterans who completed an exam 
        administered by the State under clause (i) and a description of 
        the results of such exams, disaggregated by occupational field.
    ``(B) Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress and the Secretary of Defense a report summarizing 
the information received by the Secretary under subparagraph 
(A)(ii).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) Exams.--Subparagraph (A) of section 4102A(c)(9) of such 
        title, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the 
        date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act and shall apply with respect to grants and contracts 
        described in such subparagraph awarded after such date.
            (2) Reports.--Subparagraph (B) of section 4102A(c)(9), as 
        added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is 
        one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and the 
        Secretary of Labor shall submit the first report under such 
        subparagraph not later than two years after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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