available to the Secretary of Labor for purposes of 
providing assistance under paragraph (1). 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 455 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 
submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the 
House of Representatives a report on the pilot program 
that includes the findings of the Secretary with respect 
to the feasibility and advisability of providing computing 
facilities as described in subsection (a) with assistance as 
described in subsection (d) at all one-stop centers. 
(f) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Labor to make grants or contracts under section 
4102A(b)(5) of title 38, United States Code, shall be 
available to the Secretary to carry out the pilot program 
required by subsection (a). 
(g) ONE-STOP CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘one-stop center’’ means a center described in 
section 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2864(c)). 
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SEC. 4. STATE CONSIDERATION OF MILITARY TRAINING IN 
GRANTING CERTAIN STATE CERTIFICATIONS 
AND LICENSES AS A CONDITION ON THE RE-
CEIPT OF FUNDS FOR VETERANS EMPLOY-
MENT AND TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4102A(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under 
which funds are made available to a State in order to carry 
out section 4103A or 4104 of this title for any program 
year, the Secretary shall require the State— 
‘‘(i) to demonstrate that when the State ap-
proves or denies a certification or license described 
in subparagraph (B) for a veteran the State takes 
into consideration any training received or experi-
ence gained by the veteran while serving on active 
duty in the Armed Forces; and 
‘‘(ii) to disclose to the Secretary in writing— 
‘‘(I) criteria applicants must satisfy to re-
ceive a certification or license described in sub-
paragraph (B) by the State; 
‘‘(II) a description of the standard prac-
tices of the State for evaluating training re-
ceived by veterans while serving on active duty 
in the Armed Forces and evaluating the docu-
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mented work experience of such veterans during 
such service for purposes of approving or deny-
ing a certification or license described in sub-
paragraph (B); and 
‘‘(III) identification of areas in which 
training and experience described in subclause 
(II) fails to meet criteria described in subclause 
(I). 
‘‘(B) A certification or license described in this sub-
paragraph is any of the following: 
‘‘(i) A license to be a State tested nursing as-
sistant or a certified nursing assistant. 
‘‘(ii) A commercial driver’s license. 
‘‘(iii) An emergency medical technician license 
EMT–B or EMT–I. 
‘‘(iv) An emergency medical technician–para-
medic license. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall share the information the 
Secretary receives under subparagraph (A)(ii) with the 
Secretary of Defense to help the Secretary of Defense im-
prove training for military occupational specialties so that 
individuals who receive such training are able to receive 
a certification or license described in subparagraph (B) 
from a State.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a program year 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 5. MINIMUM FUNDING LEVELS FOR DISABLED VET-
ERANS’ OUTREACH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS 
AND LOCAL VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Clause 
(iii) 
of 
section 
4102A(c)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(iii)(I) In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall establish minimum funding levels and may establish 
hold-harmless criteria for States. 
‘‘(II) Except as provided in subclause (III), at a min-
imum, the minimum funding levels established under sub-
clause (I) shall ensure that each State receives sufficient 
funding to support at least one disabled veterans’ outreach 
program specialist appointed under section 4103A(a)(1) 
of this title and one local veterans’ employment represent-
ative assigned under section 4104(b) of this title per 5,000 
square miles of service delivery area within the State. 
‘‘(III) In determining minimum funding levels under 
subclause (II), the Secretary may exclude consideration of 
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counties with a population density of less than one person 
per square mile.’’. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report on 
the effect of the amendment made by subsection (a) 
on veterans who reside in highly rural areas. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the effect of the 
amendment made by subsection (a) on veterans 
who reside in highly rural areas. 
(B) Such recommendations for legislative 
or administrative action as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to improve the provision of 
contracts and grants under section 4102A(b)(5) 
of such title to meet the needs of veterans who 
reside in highly rural areas and are eligible for 
services furnished under chapter 41 of such 
title. 
(3) HIGHLY
RURAL
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘highly rural’’, in the case of an 
area, means that the area consists of a county or 
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