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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3353 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the 

military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials 

to veterans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 28, 2012 

Mr. BURR 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 States 

to recognize the military experience of veterans when 

issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES RECOGNIZE MILI2 TARY EXPERIENCE OF VETERANS WHEN 

3 ISSUING LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS TO 

4 VETERANS. 

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

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

7 following new paragraph: 

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

9 which funds are made available to a State under sub10 section (b)(5) in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 

11 of this title, the State shall— 

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

13 administers an examination to each veteran seeking 

14 a license or credential issued by the State and issues 

15 such license or credential to such veteran without re16 quiring such veteran to undergo any training or ap17 prenticeship if the veteran— 

18 ‘‘(I) receives a satisfactory score on com19 pletion of such examination, as determined by 

20 the State; and 

21 ‘‘(II) has not less than 10 years of experi22 ence in a military occupational specialty that, 

23 as determined by the State, is similar to a civil24 ian occupation for which such license or creden25 tial is required by the State; and 


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

2 on the exams administered under clause (i) during 

3 the most recently completed 12-month period that 

4 includes, for the period covered by the report the 

5 number of veterans who completed an exam adminis6 tered by the State under clause (i) and a description 

7 of the results of such exams, disaggregated by occu8 pational field. 

9 ‘‘(B) 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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