Title: Preparing Ser­vice­mem­bers for Success Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Preparing Servicemembers for Success Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish additional performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of DOD's Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) programs in connecting members of the Armed Forces with professional credential programs.
Such measures must include the following: (1) the percentage of members, prior to separation, participating in a professional credential program through a COOL program; (2) the percentage of such individuals who go on to complete that professional credential program; and (3) the percentage of those who complete that professional credential program and are employed not later than one year after separation or release from the Armed Forces.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6115 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6115

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish performance measures 
regarding the Credentialing Opportunities On-Line programs of the Armed 
                                Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2020

 Mr. Latta (for himself, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Weber 
 of Texas, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, and 
  Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish performance measures 
regarding the Credentialing Opportunities On-Line programs of the Armed 
                                Forces.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preparing Servicemembers for Success 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In October, 2016, the Comptroller General of the United 
        States released a report detailing efforts of the Department of 
        Defense to establish programs to assist members of the Armed 
        Forces in obtaining information on professional credentials 
        related to their military occupational specialties so the 
        members may find employment after separating from the Armed 
        Forces.
            (2) In such report, the Comptroller General found that the 
        Department of Defense failed to develop performance measures to 
        gauge the effectiveness of such programs.
            (3) The Secretary of Defense did not concur with the 
        recommendation of the Comptroller General to develop and 
        implement performance measures for the programs.
            (4) Since the release of such report, the Secretary has 
        sought to improve opportunities for members of the Armed Forces 
        to obtain professional credentials by establishing performance 
        goals, such as the integration of relevant policy of the 
        Department of Defense into the career investment portfolio 
        concept, and the implementation and integration of certain 
        programs into the Service Member Outcomes Portal.
            (5) Due to the lack of performance measures, entities 
        interested in the success of members of the Armed Forces who 
        separate from the Armed Forces, including veteran service 
        organizations, potential employers, education officials, and 
        Members of Congress, are unable to accurately gauge the success 
        of the Credentialing Opportunities On-Line programs 
        (hereinafter, ``COOL programs'') of each Armed Force.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE CREDENTIALING 
              OPPORTUNITIES ON-LINE PROGRAMS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish 
additional performance measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
COOL programs of each Armed Force in connecting members of the Armed 
Forces with professional credential programs. Such measures shall 
include the following:
            (1) The percentage of members of the Armed Force concerned 
        described in section 1142(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
        who participate in a professional credential program through 
        the COOL program of the Armed Force concerned.
            (2) The percentage of members of the Armed Force concerned 
        described in paragraph (1) who have completed a professional 
        credential program described in that paragraph.
            (3) The percentage of members of the Armed Force concerned 
        described in paragraphs (1) and (2) who are employed not later 
        than one year after separation or release from the Armed 
        Forces.
    (b) Coordination.--To carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Defense may coordinate with the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs and 
Labor.
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