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HR 3007 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Employee hiring Employment and training programs Licensing and registrations State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

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.

Introduced: December 5, 2013 Introduced by: Calvert, Ken Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Aug 2, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 2, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now August 13, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3007: 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.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3007/
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"H.R. 3007: 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.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3007/.
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H.R. 3007, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3007/.
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