Military Spouse Career Education Act

Bill: 116-hr-7112
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-06-04
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Higher education

Licensing and registrations

Military personnel and dependents

Student aid and college costs

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Military Spouse Career Education Act</b></p> <p>This bill (1) includes as qualified relicensing costs fees and continuing education courses, and (2) allows the reimbursement of a member of the uniformed services for the qualified relicensing costs of a spouse when such costs are imposed to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession that the spouse engaged in while in the state of the original duty station, and are imposed by the state of the new duty station to maintain a license or certification to engage in the same profession.</p> <p> The Department of Defense shall modify its My Career Advancement Account program to ensure that military spouses participating in the program may receive financial assistance for the maintenance (including continuing education courses) of a license, certification, or Associate's degree in any career field or occupation.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7112 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2020 Mr. Sablan (for himself and Mr. Banks ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 37, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to enhance financial assistance to military spouses for professional expenses.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Spouse Career Education Act . 2. Expansion of reimbursable State licensure and certification costs for a military spouse arising from relocation Section 476(p)(5) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking and and inserting fees, continuing education courses, and ; (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking secure and inserting secure or maintain ; and (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking secure and inserting secure or maintain . 3. Expansion of financial assistance under My Career Advancement Account program Section 580F of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) is amended— (1) by inserting (a) Professional license or certification; Associate’s degree.— before The Secretary ; (2) by inserting or maintenance (including continuing education courses) after pursuit ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) National testing Financial assistance under subsection (a) may be applied to the costs of national tests that may earn a participating military spouse course credits required for a degree approved under the program (including the College Level Examination Program tests and the Subject Standardized Tests of the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support Division of the Department of Defense). .