,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #g1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,burr 7for himself and ,mr4 ,rubio7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to require ,states to    
recognize the military experience of    
veterans when issuing licenses and      
credentials to veterans1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,requirement that ,states
 recognize military experience of       
veterans when issuing licenses and      
credentials to veterans  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #dajb;,a7c7 of title #ch1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
striking paragraph 7#i7 and inserting   
the following new paragraph 7#i73  7#i7 
7,a7 ,as a condition of a grant or      
contract under which funds are made     
available to a ,state under subsection  
7b77#e7 in order to carry out section   
#dajc;,a or #dajd of this title1 the    

,state shall--  7i7 establish a program 
under which the ,state administers an   
examination to each veteran seeking a   
license or credential issued by the     
,state and issues such license or       
credential to such veteran without      
requiring such veteran to undergo any   
training or apprenticeship if the       
veteran--  7,i7 receives a satisfactory 
score on completion of such examination1
 as determined by the ,state2 and       
7,,ii7 has not less than #aj years of   
experience in a military occupational   
specialty that1 as determined by the    
,state1 is similar to a civilian        
occupation for which such license or    
credential is required by the ,state2   
and  7ii7 submit each year to the       
,secretary a report on the exams        
administered under clause 7i7 during the
 most recently completed #ab-month      
period that includes1 for the period    
covered by the report the number of     
veterans who completed an exam          
administered by the ,state under clause 

7i7 and a description of the results of 
such exams1 disaggregated by            
occupational field4  7,b7 ,not less     
frequently than once each year1 the     
,secretary shall submit to ,congress and
 the ,secretary of ,defense a report    
summarizing the information received by 
the ,secretary under subparagraph       
7,a77ii74  4  7b7 ,effective date  7#a7 
,exams ,subparagraph 7,a7 of section    
#dajb;,a7c77#i7 of such title1 as added 
by subsection 7a71 shall take effect on 
the date that is one year after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act and shall
 apply with respect to grants and       
contracts described in such subparagraph
 awarded after such date4  7#b7 ,reports
 ,subparagraph 7,b7 of section          
#dajb;,a7c77#i71 as added by subsection 
7a71 shall take effect on the date that 
is one year after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act and the          
,secretary of ,labor shall submit the   
first report under such subparagraph not
 later than two years after the date of 

the enactment of this ,act4