I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3007 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT STATES RECOGNIZE MILI-
TARY 
EXPERIENCE 
OF 
VETERANS 
WHEN 
ISSUING LICENSES AND CREDENTIALS TO 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4102A(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (9) 
and inserting the following new paragraph (9): 
‘‘(9)(A) As a condition of a grant or contract under 
which funds are made available to a State under sub-
section (b)(5) in order to carry out section 4103A or 4104 
of this title, the State shall— 
‘‘(i) establish a program under which the State 
administers an examination to each veteran seeking 
a license or credential issued by the State and issues 
such license or credential to such veteran without re-
quiring such veteran to undergo any training or ap-
prenticeship if the veteran— 
‘‘(I) receives a satisfactory score on com-
pletion of such examination, as determined by 
the State; and 
‘‘(II) has not less than 10 years of experi-
ence in a military occupational specialty that, 
as determined by the State, is similar to a civil-
ian occupation for which such license or creden-
tial is required by the State; and 
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‘‘(ii) submits each year to the Secretary a re-
port on the exams administered under clause (i) dur-
ing the most recently completed 12-month period 
that includes, for the period covered by the report, 
the number of veterans who completed an exam ad-
ministered by the State under clause (i) and a de-
scription of the results of such exams, disaggregated 
by occupational field. 
‘‘(B) Not less frequently than once each year, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress and the Secretary of 
Defense a report summarizing the information received by 
the Secretary under subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) EXAMS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
4102A(c)(9) of such title, as added by subsection 
(a), shall take effect on the date that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply with respect to grants and contracts described 
in such subparagraph awarded after such date. 
(2) REPORTS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
4102A(c)(9), as added by subsection (a), shall take 
effect on the date that is one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and the Secretary of 
Labor shall submit the first report under such sub-
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paragraph not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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