[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4633 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4633

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit individuals who are 
   eligible for assistance under a Department of Defense educational 
  assistance program or authority to use such tuition assistance for 
licensing and certification programs offered by entities other than an 
                    institution of higher education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2017

Mr. Womack (for himself, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
 Mr. Russell, and Mr. Carter of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit individuals who are 
   eligible for assistance under a Department of Defense educational 
  assistance program or authority to use such tuition assistance for 
licensing and certification programs offered by entities other than an 
                    institution of higher education.

    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 ``Credentialing, Educating, and 
Relevant Training Initiative For Your Heroes Act'' or the ``CERTIFY 
Heroes Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TUITION 
              ASSISTANCE FOR LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 2006a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``Effective as of August 1, 2014, an'' and 
        inserting ``An''; and
            (2) by striking ``as follows'' and inserting ``that 
        satisfies one or more of the following requirements''.
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