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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3235 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a condition on the 

receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and training, 

that the State ensures that training received by a veteran while on 

active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2012 

Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Mr. JOHANNS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require, as a 

condition on the receipt by a State of certain funds 

for veterans employment and training, that the State 

ensures that training received by a veteran while on 

active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain 

State certifications or licenses, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Helping Iraq and Af5 ghanistan Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘HIRE at HOME Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATE CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY TRAINING IN 

2 GRANTING CERTAIN STATE CERTIFICATIONS 

3 AND LICENSES AS A CONDITION ON THE RE4 CEIPT OF FUNDS FOR VETERANS EMPLOY5 MENT AND TRAINING. 

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

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

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

10 which funds are made available to a State in order to carry 

11 out section 4103A or 4104 of this title for any program 

12 year, the Secretary shall require the State— 

13 ‘‘(i) to demonstrate that when the State ap14 proves or denies a certification or license described 

15 in subparagraph (B) for a veteran the State takes 

16 into consideration any training received or experi17 ence gained by the veteran while serving on active 

18 duty in the Armed Forces; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) to disclose to the Secretary in writing the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(I) Criteria applicants must satisfy to re22 ceive a certification or license described in sub23 paragraph (B) by the State. 

24 ‘‘(II) A description of the standard prac25 tices of the State for evaluating training re26 ceived by veterans while serving on active duty 


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1 in the Armed Forces and evaluating the docu2 mented work experience of such veterans during 

3 such service for purposes of approving or deny4 ing a certification or license described in sub5 paragraph (B). 

6 ‘‘(III) Identification of areas in which 

7 training and experience described in subclause 

8 (II) fails to meet criteria described in subclause 

9 (I).’’ 

10 ‘‘(B) A certification or license described in this sub11 paragraph is any of the following: 

12 ‘‘(i) A license to be a State tested nursing as13 sistant or a certified nursing assistant. 

14 ‘‘(ii) A commercial driver’s license. 

15 ‘‘(iii) An emergency medical technician license 

16 EMT–B or EMT–I. 

17 ‘‘(iv) An emergency medical technician–para18 medic license. 

19 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall share the information the 

20 Secretary receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the 

21 Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary of Defense im22 prove training for military occupational specialties so that 

23 individuals who receive such training are able to receive 

24 a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) 

25 from a State.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a program year 

3 beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act. 

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