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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3614 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the recognition by States 

of skills learned in the military by a veteran when issuing licenses 

and credentials. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2013 

Mr. REICHERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 

recognition by States of skills learned in the military 

by a veteran when issuing licenses and credentials. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Skills to Ca5 reers Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATE RECOGNITION OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF 

2 VETERANS IN ISSUING LICENSES AND CRE3 DENTIALS TO VETERANS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4102A(c)(9) of title 38, 

5 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under 

7 which funds are made available to a State under sub8 section (b)(5) in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 

9 of this title, the State shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) establish a program under which the State 

11 administers an examination to each veteran seeking 

12 a license or credential issued by the State and issues 

13 such license or credential to such veteran without re14 quiring such veteran to undergo any training or ap15 prenticeship if the veteran— 

16 ‘‘(I) receives a satisfactory score on com17 pletion of such examination, as determined by 

18 the State; 

19 ‘‘(II) has been awarded a military occupa20 tional speciality that is substantially equivalent 

21 to or exceeds the requirements of the State for 

22 the issuance of such license or credential; 

23 ‘‘(III) has engaged in the active practice of 

24 the occupation for which the veteran is seeking 

25 such license or credential for at least two of the 


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1 five years preceding the date of application for 

2 such license or credential; and 

3 ‘‘(IV) pays any customary or usual fees re4 quired by the State for such license or creden5 tial; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) submit each year to the Secretary a report 

7 on the exams administered under clause (i) during 

8 the most recently completed 12-month period that 

9 includes, for the period covered by the report, the 

10 number of veterans who completed an exam adminis11 tered by the State under clause (i) and a description 

12 of the results of such exams, disaggregated by occu13 pational field. 

14 ‘‘(B) The Secretary may waive the requirement under 

15 subparagraph (A) that a State establish a program de16 scribed in that subparagraph as a condition of a grant 

17 or contract if the State certifies to the Secretary that the 

18 State— 

19 ‘‘(i) takes into account previous military train20 ing for the purposes of issuing licenses or creden21 tials; 

22 ‘‘(ii) permits veterans to completely satisfy 

23 through examination any training or testing require24 ments for a license or credential with respect to 


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1 which a veteran has previously completed military 

2 training; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) for any credential or license for which a 

4 veteran is unable to completely satisfy such require5 ments through examination, substantially reduces 

6 training time required to satisfy such requirement 

7 based on the military training received by the vet8 eran. 

9 ‘‘(C) Not less frequently than once each year, the 

10 Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of 

11 Defense a report summarizing the information received by 

12 the Secretary under subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

14 (1) EXAMS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 

15 4102A(c)(9) of such title, as added by subsection 

16 (a), shall take effect on the date that is one year 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 

18 apply with respect to grants and contracts described 

19 in such subparagraph awarded after such date. 

20 (2) REPORTS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 

21 4102A(c)(9), as added by subsection (a), shall take 

22 effect on the date that is one year after the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act and the Secretary of 

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1 paragraph not later than two years after the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act. 

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