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61 | | - | ‘‘(A) Tuition. 19 |
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62 | | - | ‘‘(B) Curriculum and curricular materials. 20 |
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63 | | - | ‘‘(C) Books or other instructional materials. 21 |
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64 | | - | ‘‘(D) Online educational materials. 22 |
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78 | | - | ‘‘(F) Fees for a nationally standardized 9 |
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80 | | - | placement examination, or any examinations re-11 |
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81 | | - | lated to college or university admission. 12 |
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82 | | - | ‘‘(G) Fees for dual enrollment in an institu-13 |
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83 | | - | tion of higher education. 14 |
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84 | | - | ‘‘(H) Educational therapies for students 15 |
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85 | | - | with disabilities provided by a licensed or ac-16 |
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86 | | - | credited practitioner or provider, including occu-17 |
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87 | | - | pational, behavioral, physical, and speech-lan-18 |
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88 | | - | guage therapies. 19 |
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89 | | - | Such term shall include expenses for the purposes de-20 |
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90 | | - | scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (H) in connec-21 |
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91 | | - | tion with a homeschool (whether treated as a 22 |
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92 | | - | homeschool or a private school for purposes of appli-23 |
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93 | | - | cable State law).’’. 24 |
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98 | | - | section shall apply to distributions made after the date of 2 |
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100 | | - | SEC. 3. CERTAIN POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIALING EX-4 |
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101 | | - | PENSES TREATED AS QUALIFIED HIGHER 5 |
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102 | | - | EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR PURPOSES OF 529 6 |
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103 | | - | ACCOUNTS. 7 |
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| 40 | + | include a reference to the following expenses in con-10 |
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| 41 | + | nection with enrollment or attendance at, or for stu-11 |
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| 42 | + | dents enrolled at or attending, an elementary or sec-12 |
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| 43 | + | ondary public, private, or religious school: 13 |
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| 44 | + | ‘‘(A) Tuition. 14 |
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| 45 | + | ‘‘(B) Curriculum and curricular materials. 15 |
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| 46 | + | ‘‘(C) Books or other instructional mate-16 |
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| 47 | + | rials. 17 |
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| 48 | + | ‘‘(D) Online educational materials. 18 |
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| 49 | + | ‘‘(E) Tuition for tutoring or educational 19 |
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| 50 | + | classes outside of the home, including at a tu-20 |
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| 51 | + | toring facility, but only if the tutor or instruc-21 |
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| 52 | + | tor is not related to the student and— 22 |
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| 53 | + | ‘‘(i) is licensed as a teacher in any 23 |
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| 54 | + | State, 24 |
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| 63 | + | norm-referenced achievement test, an advanced 4 |
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| 64 | + | placement examination, or any examinations re-5 |
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| 65 | + | lated to college or university admission. 6 |
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| 66 | + | ‘‘(G) Fees for dual enrollment in an insti-7 |
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| 67 | + | tution of higher education. 8 |
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| 68 | + | ‘‘(H) Educational therapies for students 9 |
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| 69 | + | with disabilities provided by a licensed or ac-10 |
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| 70 | + | credited practitioner or provider, including oc-11 |
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| 71 | + | cupational, behavioral, physical, and speech-lan-12 |
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| 72 | + | guage therapies. 13 |
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| 73 | + | Such term shall include expenses for the purposes 14 |
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| 74 | + | described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) in con-15 |
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| 75 | + | nection with a homeschool (whether treated as a 16 |
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| 76 | + | homeschool or a private school for purposes of appli-17 |
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123 | | - | N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified postsec-22 |
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131 | | - | postsecondary credential program, or any other 2 |
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132 | | - | expense incurred in connection with enrollment 3 |
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133 | | - | in or attendance at a recognized postsecondary 4 |
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134 | | - | credential program if such expense would, if in-5 |
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135 | | - | curred in connection with enrollment or attend-6 |
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136 | | - | ance at an eligible educational institution, be 7 |
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137 | | - | covered under subsection (e)(3)(A), 8 |
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138 | | - | ‘‘(B) fees for testing if such testing is re-9 |
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139 | | - | quired to obtain or maintain a recognized post-10 |
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140 | | - | secondary credential, and 11 |
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141 | | - | ‘‘(C) fees for continuing education if such 12 |
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142 | | - | education is required to maintain a recognized 13 |
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143 | | - | postsecondary credential. 14 |
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| 112 | + | ‘‘(A) tuition, fees, books, supplies, and 21 |
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| 113 | + | equipment required for the enrollment or at-22 |
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| 114 | + | tendance of a designated beneficiary in a recog-23 |
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| 115 | + | nized postsecondary credential program, or any 24 |
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| 116 | + | other expense incurred in connection with en-25 |
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| 123 | + | or attendance at an eligible educational institu-3 |
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| 124 | + | tion, be covered under subsection (e)(3)(A), 4 |
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| 125 | + | ‘‘(B) fees for testing if such testing is re-5 |
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| 126 | + | quired to obtain or maintain a recognized post-6 |
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| 127 | + | secondary credential, and 7 |
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| 128 | + | ‘‘(C) fees for continuing education if such 8 |
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| 129 | + | education is required to maintain a recognized 9 |
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145 | | - | ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDENTIAL 15 |
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146 | | - | PROGRAM.—For purposes of this subparagraph, the 16 |
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147 | | - | term ‘recognized postsecondary credential program’ 17 |
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148 | | - | means any program to obtain a recognized postsec-18 |
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149 | | - | ondary credential if— 19 |
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150 | | - | ‘‘(A) such program is included on a State 20 |
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151 | | - | list prepared under section 122(d) of the Work-21 |
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160 | | - | ‘‘(C) an examination (developed or admin-4 |
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161 | | - | istered by an organization widely recognized as 5 |
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162 | | - | providing reputable credentials in the occupa-6 |
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163 | | - | tion) is required to obtain or maintain such cre-7 |
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164 | | - | dential and such organization recognizes such 8 |
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165 | | - | program as providing training or education 9 |
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166 | | - | which prepares individuals to take such exam-10 |
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167 | | - | ination, or 11 |
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168 | | - | ‘‘(D) such program is identified by the Sec-12 |
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169 | | - | retary, after consultation with the Secretary of 13 |
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170 | | - | Labor, as being a reputable program for obtain-14 |
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171 | | - | ing a recognized postsecondary credential for 15 |
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| 134 | + | graph, the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential 13 |
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| 135 | + | program’ means any program to obtain a recognized 14 |
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| 136 | + | postsecondary credential if— 15 |
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| 137 | + | ‘‘(A) such program is included on a State 16 |
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| 138 | + | list prepared under section 122(d) of the Work-17 |
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| 139 | + | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 18 |
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| 140 | + | U.S.C. 3152(d)), 19 |
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| 141 | + | ‘‘(B) such program is listed in the 20 |
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| 142 | + | WEAMS Public directory (or successor direc-21 |
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| 143 | + | tory) maintained by the Department of Vet-22 |
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| 144 | + | erans Affairs, 23 |
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| 151 | + | tion) is required to obtain or maintain such cre-2 |
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| 152 | + | dential and such organization recognizes such 3 |
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| 153 | + | program as providing training or education 4 |
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| 154 | + | which prepares individuals to take such exam-5 |
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| 155 | + | ination, or 6 |
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| 156 | + | ‘‘(D) such program is identified by the 7 |
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| 158 | + | of Labor, as being a reputable program for ob-9 |
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174 | | - | ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -17 |
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175 | | - | TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ 18 |
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176 | | - | means— 19 |
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177 | | - | ‘‘(A) any postsecondary employment creden-20 |
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178 | | - | tial that is industry recognized, including— 21 |
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179 | | - | ‘‘(i) any postsecondary employment 22 |
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180 | | - | credential issued by a program that is ac-23 |
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187 | | - | tional Standards Institute, 2 |
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188 | | - | ‘‘(ii) any postsecondary employment 3 |
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189 | | - | credential that is included in the 4 |
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190 | | - | Credentialing Opportunities On-Line 5 |
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191 | | - | (COOL) directory of credentialing programs 6 |
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192 | | - | (or successor directory) maintained by the 7 |
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193 | | - | Department of Defense or by any branch of 8 |
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194 | | - | the Armed Services, and 9 |
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196 | | - | credential identified for purposes of this 11 |
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198 | | - | with the Secretary of Labor, as being indus-13 |
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199 | | - | try recognized, 14 |
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200 | | - | ‘‘(B) any certificate of completion of an ap-15 |
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201 | | - | prenticeship that is registered and certified with 16 |
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202 | | - | the Secretary of Labor under the National Ap-17 |
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203 | | - | prenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), 18 |
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204 | | - | ‘‘(C) any occupational or professional li-19 |
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205 | | - | cense issued or recognized by a State or the Fed-20 |
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206 | | - | eral Government (and any certification that sat-21 |
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207 | | - | isfies a condition for obtaining such a license), 22 |
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208 | | - | and 23 |
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231 | | - | H. R. 8915 |
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232 | | - | [Report No. 118–950] |
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233 | | - | A BILL |
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234 | | - | To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to |
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235 | | - | expand the expenses treated as qualified higher |
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236 | | - | education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts |
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237 | | - | to include additional elementary and secondary |
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238 | | - | school expenses and certain postsecondary |
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239 | | - | credentialing expenses. |
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242 | | - | 24, 2024 |
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243 | | - | Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- |
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244 | | - | mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, |
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| 162 | + | ECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN -12 |
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| 163 | + | TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary creden-13 |
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| 164 | + | tial’ means— 14 |
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| 165 | + | ‘‘(A) any postsecondary employment cre-15 |
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| 166 | + | dential that is industry recognized, including— 16 |
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| 167 | + | ‘‘(i) any postsecondary employment 17 |
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| 168 | + | credential issued by a program that is ac-18 |
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| 169 | + | credited by the Institute for Credentialing 19 |
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| 170 | + | Excellence, the National Commission on 20 |
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| 171 | + | Certifying Agencies, or the American Na-21 |
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| 172 | + | tional Standards Institute, 22 |
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| 173 | + | ‘‘(ii) any postsecondary employment 23 |
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| 174 | + | credential that is included in the 24 |
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| 175 | + | Credentialing Opportunities On-Line 25 |
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| 180 | + | grams (or successor directory) maintained 2 |
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| 181 | + | by the Department of Defense or by any 3 |
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| 182 | + | branch of the Armed Services, and 4 |
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| 183 | + | ‘‘(iii) any postsecondary employment 5 |
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| 184 | + | credential identified for purposes of this 6 |
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| 185 | + | clause by the Secretary, after consultation 7 |
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| 186 | + | with the Secretary of Labor, as being in-8 |
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| 187 | + | dustry recognized, 9 |
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| 188 | + | ‘‘(B) any certificate of completion of an 10 |
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| 189 | + | apprenticeship that is registered and certified 11 |
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| 190 | + | with the Secretary of Labor under the National 12 |
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| 191 | + | Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), 13 |
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| 192 | + | ‘‘(C) any occupational or professional li-14 |
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| 193 | + | cense issued or recognized by a State or the 15 |
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| 194 | + | Federal Government (and any certification that 16 |
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| 195 | + | satisfies a condition for obtaining such a li-17 |
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| 196 | + | cense), and 18 |
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| 197 | + | ‘‘(D) any recognized postsecondary creden-19 |
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| 198 | + | tial as defined in section 3(52) of the Workforce 20 |
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| 199 | + | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 200 | + | 3102).’’. 22 |
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