,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #be1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,lamb 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,dunn1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,trone1 and
 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
improve the ability of veterans with    
medical training to assist the ,united  
,states in response to national         
emergencies1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,supporting ,education          
,recognition for ,veterans during       
,emergencies ,act or the ,,serve ,act4  
#b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,department2 secretary2 veteran ,the    
terms ,department1 ,secretary1 and      
veteran have the meanings given those   
terms in section #aja of title #ch1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,veterans  
service organization ,the term veterans 
service organization means an           

organization that provides services to  
veterans1 including organizations       
recognized by the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs under section #eijb  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code4    
#c4 ,update of web portal to identify   
veterans who had medical occupations as 
members of the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in  
general ,the ,secretary shall update    
existing web portals of the ,department 
to allow the identification of veterans 
who had a medical occupation as a member
 of the ,armed ,forces4  7b7            
,information in portal  7#a7 ,in general
 ,an update to a portal under subsection
 7a7 shall allow a veteran to elect to  
provide the following information3 7,a7 
,contact information for the veteran4   
7,b7 ,a history of the medical          
experience and trained competencies of  
the veteran4  7#b7 ,inclusions in       
history ,to the extent practicable1     
histories provided under paragraph      
7#a77;,b7 shall include individual      
critical task lists specific to military

 occupational specialties that align    
with existing standard occupational     
codes maintained by the ,bureau of      
,labor ,statistics4  #d4 ,program on    
provision to ,states of information on  
veterans with medical skills obtained   
during service in the ,armed ,forces    
,for purposes of facilitating civilian  
medical credentialing and hiring        
opportunities for veterans seeking to   
respond to a national emergency1        
including a public health emergency     
declared by the ,secretary of ,health   
and ,human ,services under section #cai 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d71 the ,secretary1 
in coordination with the ,secretary of  
,defense and the ,secretary of ,labor1  
shall establish a program to share      
information specified in section #c7;b7 
with the following3 7#a7 ,state         
departments of veterans affairs4  7#b7  
,veterans service organizations4  7#c7  
,state credentialing bodies4  7#d7      
,other stakeholders involved in         

,state-level credentialing1 as          
determined appropriate by the           
,secretary4  #e4 ,program on training of
 intermediate care technicians of       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,establishment ,the ,secretary shall    
implement a program to train and certify
 covered veterans to work as            
intermediate care technicians of the    
,department4  7b7 ,locations ,the       
,secretary may place an intermediate    
care technician trained and certified   
under the program under subsection 7a7  
at any medical center of the            
,department1 giving priority to a       
location with a significant staffing    
shortage4  7c7 ,inclusion of information
 in transition assistance program ,as   
part of the ,transition ,assistance     
,program under sections #aadb and #aadd 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 the
 ,secretary shall prepare a             
communications campaign to convey       
opportunities for training1             
certification1 and employment under the 

program under subsection 7a7 to         
appropriate members of the ,armed       
,forces separating from active duty4    
7d7 ,report on expansion of program ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report on whether the program under this
 section could be replicated for other  
medical positions within the            
,department4  7e7 ,covered veteran      
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered veteran means a veteran whom the
 ,secretary determines served as a basic
 health care technician while serving in
 the ,armed ,forces4  #f4 ,notification 
of opportunities for veterans ,the      
,secretary shall notify veterans service
 organizations and1 in coordination with
 the ,secretary of ,defense1 members of 
the reserve components of the ,armed    
,forces of opportunities for veterans   
under this ,act4