[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5484-S5485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5991. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

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     SEC. ___. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF MEMBERS OF 
                   THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND THEIR SPOUSES.

       (a) In General.--Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
     after section 705 (50 U.S.C. 4025) the following new section:

     ``SEC. 705A. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF 
                   SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES.

       ``(a) In General.--In any case in which a servicemember has 
     a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction or 
     the spouse of a servicemember has a professional license in 
     good standing in a jurisdiction and such servicemember or 
     spouse relocates his or her residency because of military 
     orders for military service to a location that is not in such 
     jurisdiction, the professional license or certification of 
     such servicemember or spouse shall be considered valid at a 
     similar scope of practice and in the discipline applied for 
     in the jurisdiction of such new residency for the duration of 
     such military orders if such servicemember or spouse--
       ``(1) provides a copy of such military orders to the 
     licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the new 
     residency is located;
       ``(2) remains in good standing with the licensing authority 
     that issued the license; and
       ``(3) submits to the authority of the licensing authority 
     in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of standards of 
     practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing 
     education requirements.
       ``(b) Interstate Licensure Compacts.--If a servicemember or 
     spouse of a servicemember is licensed and able to operate in 
     multiple jurisdictions through an interstate licensure 
     compact, with respect to services provided in the 
     jurisdiction of the interstate licensure compact by a 
     licensee covered by such compact, the servicemember or spouse 
     of a servicemember shall be subject to the requirements of 
     the compact or the applicable provisions of law of the 
     applicable State and not this section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 705 the following new item:

``Sec. 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and 
              their spouses.''.
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