119-hr3611

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3611 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3611

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on 
 transitioning military acquired credentials to the civilian workforce.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 23, 2025

 Mrs. Torres of California introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently 
 determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on 
 transitioning military acquired credentials to the civilian workforce.

 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 ``Veterans Skilled Trades Transition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO HAVE THEIR MILITARY 
 ACQUIRED CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE-LEVEL FOR 
 THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor, shall submit to 
Congress a report that builds on the data reported in the ``DoD 
Credentialing Utilization'' report from 2018 (3-BB02A16) to better 
assess the effectiveness of the Credentialing Programs for post-
military civilian employment.

    (b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection

    (a) shall 
include the following:

    (1) An assessment of the number of veterans who 
 successfully transfer their eligible professional credentials 
 to civilian jobs.

    (2) An assessment of which certifications were most 
 commonly used for post-military civilian employment, such as 
 airplane mechanics.

    (3) An assessment on any other barriers veterans face to 
 transferring military mechanical skills to State 
 certifications.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``applicable licensing authority'' means the 
 licensing authority by a State for a given vocation in which 
 the veteran works or would like to work.

    (2) The term ``eligible professional credential'' means a 
 professional credential, including a professional credential in 
 the field of airplane mechanics, obtained using expenses paid 
 pursuant to the program under 

section 2015 of title 10, United 
 States Code.

    (3) The term ``expenses'' has the meaning given such term 
 in such section.

    (4) The term ``servicemember'' has the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 
 U.S.C. 4025a).

    (5) The term ``State'' means each of the several States and 
 territories and the District of Columbia.
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