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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1796 
To ensure that the education and training provided members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining 
civilian certifications and licenses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2013 
Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. GALLEGO, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
FOSTER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ENYART, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. JONES, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. ESTY, Ms. GABBARD, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HARPER, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Ohio, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. BARBER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and 
in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure that the education and training provided members 
of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members 
and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and li-
censes, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Troop Talent Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, the unemployment rate for recent veterans of 
military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan was 9.4 
percent in February 2013, compared with 7.6 per-
cent in February 2012. 
(2) With the unemployment rate among such 
veterans higher than the national average and the 
number of veterans receiving unemployment benefits 
doubling since 2002, there is a significant need to 
assist members of the Armed Forces as they transi-
tion to the civilian workforce. 
(3) In order to remain competitive in the civil-
ian employment market, members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans require information about how 
their military skill sets translate to the requirements 
of the civilian workforce. Members of the Armed 
Forces currently receive insufficient or inadequate 
information during their training for military occu-
pational specialties on translating skills obtained 
during such training to civilian occupations and cre-
dentials. 
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(4) In addition, there is a need for enhanced ac-
cess by accredited credentialing agencies to military 
training curricula in order to facilitate and enhance 
the correlation between military training and appli-
cable civilian credentialing courses and exams. 
(5) The information technology sector is one of 
the fastest growing industries, with tremendous job 
growth and demand for talented, qualified individ-
uals. The information technology sector has an un-
employment rate of 3.5 percent according to a Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics report from February 2013. 
(6) The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 
need for 110,000 computer support specialists over 
the next decade. Currently, the size of the informa-
tion technology workforce in the Armed Forces is 
about 160,000 members. 
SEC. 3. ENHANCEMENT OF MECHANISMS TO CORRELATE 
SKILLS AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY OCCU-
PATIONAL SPECIALTIES WITH SKILLS AND 
TRAINING REQUIRED FOR CIVILIAN CERTIFI-
CATIONS AND LICENSES. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ABOUT CORRELA-
TION.— 
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