Relating to mechanisms to facilitate the obtaining by military spouses of occupational licenses or credentials in other States.

SA 470. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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:

At the end of part II of subtitle F of title V, add the
following:

SEC. ___. MECHANISMS TO FACILITATE THE OBTAINING BY MILITARY
SPOUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES OR CREDENTIALS
IN OTHER STATES.

Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense
shall--
(1) develop and maintain a joint Federal-State clearing
house to process the occupational license and credential
information of military spouses in order--
(A) to facilitate the matching of such information with
State occupational licensure and credentialing requirements;
and
(B) to provide military spouses information on the actions
required to obtain occupational licenses or credentials in
other States;
(2) develop and maintain an Internet website that serves as
a one-stop resource on occupational licenses and credentials
for military spouses that sets forth license and credential
requirements for common occupations in the States and
provides assistance and other resources for military spouses
seeking to obtain occupational licenses or credentials in
other States; and
(3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting
forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of
the establishment of a joint Federal-State task force
dedicated to the elimination of unnecessary or duplicative
occupational licensure and credentialing requirements among
the States, including through the use of alternative, less
restrictive and burdensome forms of occupational regulation.
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