[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6900 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6900

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify the scope of the 
  SkillBridge program of the Department of Defense, to require annual 
circulation of information about such program to certain members of the 
 Armed Forces serving on active duty, and to require an annual public 
    awareness campaign to inform potential employers of the program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 22, 2023

 Ms. Slotkin 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 clarify the scope of the 
  SkillBridge program of the Department of Defense, to require annual 
circulation of information about such program to certain members of the 
 Armed Forces serving on active duty, and to require an annual public 
    awareness campaign to inform potential employers of the program.

    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 ``Continuing to Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFYING SCOPE OF SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

    Section 1143(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, which includes private and public employers and employers 
that are organizations described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 
such Code'' after ``civilian sector''.

SEC. 3. EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

    Section 1143(e) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) For any program under this subsection, the Secretary 
concerned shall on an annual basis--
            ``(A) circulate information about the program, including 
        information concerning eligibility for the program and the 
        application process, to members of the armed forces serving on 
        active duty under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; 
        and
            ``(B) engage in a public awareness campaign to inform 
        potential employers of program participants of the existence of 
        the program and explain to such employers how the program 
        operates, with a focus on increasing the number and broadening 
        the types of employers that hire program participants.''.
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