,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #faae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjbj,mr4 
,latta 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 
,stewart1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,weber of   
,texas1 ,mr4 ,amodei1 ,mr4 ,stivers1    
,mr4 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois1 and   
,mr4 ,reed7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to establish performance       
measures regarding the ,credentialing   
,opportunities ,on-,line programs of the
 ,armed ,forces4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,preparing    
,servicemembers for ,success ,act4  #b4 
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,in ,october1 #bjaf1 the          
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states released a report detailing     
efforts of the ,department of ,defense  
to establish programs to assist members 
of the ,armed ,forces in obtaining      
information on professional credentials 

related to their military occupational  
specialties so the members may find     
employment after separating from the    
,armed ,forces4  7#b7 ,in such report1  
the ,comptroller ,general found that the
 ,department of ,defense failed to      
develop performance measures to gauge   
the effectiveness of such programs4     
7#c7 ,the ,secretary of ,defense did not
 concur with the recommendation of the  
,comptroller ,general to develop and    
implement performance measures for the  
programs4  7#d7 ,since the release of   
such report1 the ,secretary has sought  
to improve opportunities for members of 
the ,armed ,forces to obtain            
professional credentials by establishing
 performance goals1 such as the         
integration of relevant policy of the   
,department of ,defense into the career 
investment portfolio concept1 and the   
implementation and integration of       
certain programs into the ,service      
,member ,outcomes ,portal4  7#e7 ,due to
 the lack of performance measures1      

entities interested in the success of   
members of the ,armed ,forces who       
separate from the ,armed ,forces1       
including veteran service organizations1
 potential employers1 education         
officials1 and ,members of ,congress1   
are unable to accurately gauge the      
success of the ,credentialing           
,opportunities ,on-,line programs       
7hereinafter1 ,,cool programs7 of each  
,armed ,force4  #c4 ,establishment of   
performance measures for the            
,credentialing ,opportunities ,on-,line 
programs of the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,defense shall        
establish additional performance        
measures to evaluate the effectiveness  
of the ,,cool programs of each ,armed   
,force in connecting members of the     
,armed ,forces with professional        
credential programs4 ,such measures     
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,the  
percentage of members of the ,armed     

,force concerned described in section   
#aadb7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 who participate in a professional
 credential program through the ,,cool  
program of the ,armed ,force concerned4 
7#b7 ,the percentage of members of the  
,armed ,force concerned described in    
paragraph 7#a7 who have completed a     
professional credential program         
described in that paragraph4  7#c7 ,the 
percentage of members of the ,armed     
,force concerned described in paragraphs
 7#a7 and 7#b7 who are employed not     
later than one year after separation or 
release from the ,armed ,forces4  7b7   
,coordination ,to carry out this        
section1 the ,secretary of ,defense may 
coordinate with the ,secretaries of     
,veterans ,affairs and ,labor4