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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 5148
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a centralized database to
record and maintain information relating to training performed by mem-
bers of the Armed Forces.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST4, 2023
Mr. N
EGUSEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a centralized
database to record and maintain information relating
to training performed by members of the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. MILITARY TRAINING AND COMPETENCY DATA-3
BASE. 4
(a) E
STABLISHMENT OF DATABASE.— 5
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of De-6
fense shall establish— 7
(A) a centralized database, to be known as 8
the ‘‘Military Training and Competency Data-9
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base’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Data-1
base’’), to record and maintain information re-2
lating to training performed by members of the 3
Armed Forces; and 4
(B) a process to make the information in 5
the database available to States and potential 6
employers to assist in determining if the train-7
ing provided to a member or former member of 8
the Armed Forces satisfies civilian licensing and 9
certification requirements. 10
(2) C
ONTENTS.—The Database shall include 11
following information for each member of the Armed 12
Forces: 13
(A) Name, rank, and military service iden-14
tification number. 15
(B) Branch of service and specialty. 16
(C) Details of completed training courses, 17
certifications, and qualifications. 18
(D) Any other information the Secretary 19
determines appropriate. 20
(3) A
VAILABILITY OF INFORMATION .—The Sec-21
retary of Defense shall establish a process to make 22
the information contained in the Database available 23
to States and other employers upon request to assist 24
such States and employers in verifying whether the 25
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training and qualifications of a member or former 1
member of the Armed Forces satisfies relevant civil-2
ian licensing or certification requirements. 3
(4) S
ECURITY AND ACCESSIBILITY .—The Sec-4
retary of Defense shall ensure that the Database is 5
secure, easily accessible, and regularly updated to re-6
flect the training and qualifications acquired by 7
members of the Armed Forces. 8
(b) C
OMPETENCYREPORTS.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Based on the information in 10
the Database the Secretary of Defense shall provide 11
to each member of the Armed Forces a document 12
that outlines the training and qualifications acquired 13
by a member while serving in the Armed Forces. 14
Such document shall be known as a ‘‘competency re-15
port’’. 16
(2) F
ORMAT AND CONTENTS .—The Secretary of 17
Defense shall develop a standardized format for 18
competency reports, which shall include, at a min-19
imum, the following information: 20
(A) Relevant personal details about the 21
member. 22
(B) Description of training courses, certifi-23
cations, and qualifications obtained. 24
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(C) Date and duration of each completed 1
training. 2
(D) Authorized signatures and other nec-3
essary authentication. 4
(3) A
VAILABILITY.—Competency reports shall 5
be provided to members of the Armed Forces upon 6
their separation or retirement from the Armed 7
Forces. 8
(c) I
MPLEMENTATION.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 10
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-11
retary of Defense shall establish the necessary regu-12
lations, procedures, and timelines for the implemen-13
tation of this section. 14
(2) R
ESOURCES.—The Secretary of Defense 15
shall allocate sufficient resources to ensure the effec-16
tive establishment, maintenance, and accessibility of 17
the Database and the development and distribution 18
of competency reports to members of the Armed 19
Forces. 20
(d) R
EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than two 21
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-22
retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 23
committees a report on the implementation and effective-24
ness of the Database and any recommendations of the 25
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Secretary for improving the Database. The report shall 1
include feedback and recommendations from States and 2
other employers regarding the usability and accuracy of 3
the Database and the competency reports described in 4
subsection (b). 5
(e) C
ONGRESSIONAL DEFENSECOMMITTEESDE-6
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense 7
committees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 8
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 9
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