A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the authority for members of the Armed Forces to obtain professional credentials.
Latest action · May 15, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 15, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Revises the conditions for payment of expenses to military personnel to obtain professional credentials to include those for federal occupational licenses.
Adds as conditions for such payment that the credentials be necessary to meet: (1) readiness requirements or professional occupational development goals of the particular armed force or the member's self-development needs; and (2) certain International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission accreditation standards, with exceptions for a credentialing agency that agrees to seek to obtain compliance certification within three years.
Authorizes the payment of the expenses from amounts available for tuition assistance for members under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary.
Defines "expenses" as those for classroom instruction, hands-on training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides and materials, textbooks, and processing, test, and related fees.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2014Introduced in Senate
- May 15, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- May 15, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3076-3077)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2014Introduced in Senate
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