[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4305. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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:

       Strike section 562 and insert the following:

     SEC. 562. MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES IN OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL 
                   CREDENTIALS.

       (a) Scope of Program.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 2015 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``incident to the performance of their military duties''.
       (b) Quality Assurance of Certification Programs and 
     Standards.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the 
     end the following: ``, or meets the requirements in paragraph 
     (3)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) A credentialing program used in connection with the 
     program under subsection (a) is eligible for funds under 
     subsection (b) if successful completion of the program 
     results in a recognized postsecondary credential, meaning an 
     industry recognized certificate or certification, a 
     certificate of completion of an apprenticeship, or a license 
     recognized by a State or the Federal Government, and is 
     provided by an eligible training provider under section 122 
     of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 
     113-128).''.
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