,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #c1 #bjae ,mr4 
,peters 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4
 ,bordallo1 ,ms4 ,brownley of           
,california1 ,mr4 ,gibson1 and ,mrs4    
,napolitano7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide for additional
 qualification requirements for         
individuals appointed to marriage and   
family therapist positions in the       
,veterans ,health ,administration of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,marriage and ,family ,therapists  
for ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,additional    
qualification requirements for marriage 
and family therapists of the ,department
 of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7 ,in general 
,section #gdjb7;b77#aj7 of title #ch1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7-- 7,a7 by     

inserting that is regionally accredited 
or before approved2 and  7,b7 by        
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,b71  
by striking the period and inserting 2  
and2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph3  7,c7 have  
passed--  7i7 the ,association of       
,marital and ,family ,therapy regulatory
 board examination in marital and family
 therapy2 or  7ii7 an examination for a 
marriage and family therapy license     
given by a ,state board of behavioral   
sciences or its equivalent4  4  7b7     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to the       
appointment of an individual to a       
marriage and family therapist position  
on or after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4