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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 8511 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on |
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| 6 | 6 | | transitioning military acquired credentials to the civilian workforce. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MAY22, 2024 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mrs. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORRESof California introduced the following bill; which was referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 14 | 14 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress |
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| 17 | 17 | | a report on transitioning military acquired credentials |
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| 18 | 18 | | to the civilian workforce. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Servicemember Equal 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Recognition and Transition Support Act’’ or the ‘‘SERTS 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO HAVE 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | THEIR MILITARY ACQUIRED CREDENTIALS 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE-LEVEL FOR THE 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) R |
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| 33 | 33 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in con-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Secretary of Labor, shall submit to Congress a report that 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | builds on the data reported in the ‘‘DoD Credentialing 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Utilization’’ report from 2018 (3-BB02A16) to better as-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | sess the effectiveness of the Credentialing Programs for 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | post-military civilian employment. 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) M |
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| 42 | 42 | | ATTERSINCLUDED.—The report under sub-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | section (a) shall include the following: 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) An assessment of the number of veterans 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | who successfully transfer their eligible professional 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | credentials to civilian jobs. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) An assessment of which certifications were 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | most commonly used for post-military civilian em-19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ployment, such as airplane mechanics. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (3) An assessment on any other barriers vet-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | erans face to transferring military mechanical skills 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to State certifications. 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c) D |
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| 54 | 54 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) The term ‘‘applicable licensing authority’’ 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | means the licensing authority by a State for a given 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | vocation in which the veteran works or would like to 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | work. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) The term ‘‘eligible professional credential’’ 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | means a professional credential, including a profes-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | sional credential in the field of airplane mechanics, 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | obtained using expenses paid pursuant to the pro-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | gram under section 2015 of title 10, United States 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Code. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) The term ‘‘expenses’’ has the meaning given 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | such term in such section. 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (4) The term ‘‘servicemember’’ has the meaning 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | given such term in section 101 of the 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4025a). 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (5) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | States and territories and the District of Columbia. 15 |
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