US Congress House Bill 3007 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires a state, as a condition for receipt of a grant or contract from the Department of Labor for support of disabled veterans' outreach specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, to: (1) establish a program that issues a license or credential to a veteran without requiring any training or apprenticeship if such veteran receives a satisfactory score on completion of an examination administered by that state and has at least 10 years of experience in a military occupational specialty that is similar to the civilian occupation for which such license or credential is required; and (2) submit a report each year on the exams administered that includes the number of veterans who completed such exams and a description of the results of such exams, disaggregated by occupational field.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.

Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
2013-08-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

SB492 (Same As) 2013-06-12 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
HB3614 (Related) 2014-03-25 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB944 (Related) 2013-12-09 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
SB1950 (Related) 2014-02-04 - Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S736)
SB1982 (Related) 2014-02-27 - S.AMDT.2766 SA 2766 fell when SA 2747 fell. (consideration: CR S1210)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3007/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3007/BILLS-113hr3007ih.pdf