[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4145. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X add the following:

     SEC. 1097. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
                   TRAINING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING 
                   CIVILIAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.

       Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 314 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
                   MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FOR 
                   BECOMING CIVILIAN EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
                   TECHNICIANS.

       ``(a) Program.--The Secretary shall establish a program 
     consisting of awarding demonstration grants to States to 
     streamline State requirements and procedures in order to 
     assist veterans who completed military emergency medical 
     technician training while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
     United States to meet certification, licensure, and other 
     requirements applicable to becoming an emergency medical 
     technician in the State.
       ``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts received as a demonstration 
     grant under this section shall be used to prepare and 
     implement a plan to streamline State requirements and 
     procedures as described in subsection (a), including by--
       ``(1) determining the extent to which the requirements for 
     the education, training, and skill level of emergency medical 
     technicians in the State are equivalent to requirements for 
     the education, training, and skill level of military 
     emergency medical technicians; and
       ``(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for military 
     emergency medical technicians to forego or meet any such 
     equivalent State requirements.
       ``(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
     section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has a 
     shortage of emergency medical technicians.
       ``(d) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress 
     an annual report on the program under this section.
       ``(e) Funding.--No additional funds are authorized to be 
     appropriated to carry out this section, and this section 
     shall be carried out using amounts otherwise available for 
     such purpose.''.
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