[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2534 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2534

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2018

 Mrs. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Tester) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and 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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