S.Amdt. 4305

SA 4305. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 562 and insert the following:

SEC. 562. MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM TO ASSIST MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES IN OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL
CREDENTIALS.

(a) Scope of Program.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 2015 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking
``incident to the performance of their military duties''.
(b) Quality Assurance of Certification Programs and
Standards.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ``, or meets the requirements in paragraph
(3)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) A credentialing program used in connection with the
program under subsection (a) is eligible for funds under
subsection (b) if successful completion of the program
results in a recognized postsecondary credential, meaning an
industry recognized certificate or certification, a
certificate of completion of an apprenticeship, or a license
recognized by a State or the Federal Government, and is
provided by an eligible training provider under section 122
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law
113-128).''.
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