S.Amdt. 4611

SA 4611. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF MEMBERS OF
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AND THEIR SPOUSES.

(a) In General.--Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 705 (50 U.S.C. 4025) the following new section:

``SEC. 705A. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF
SERVICEMEMBERS AND THEIR SPOUSES.

``(a) In General.--In any case in which a servicemember has
a professional license in good standing in a jurisdiction or
the spouse of a servicemember has a professional license in
good standing in a jurisdiction and such servicemember or
spouse relocates his or her residency because of military
orders for military service to a location that is not in such
jurisdiction, the professional license or certification of
such servicemember or spouse shall be considered valid at a
similar scope of practice and in the discipline applied for
in the jurisdiction of such new residency for the duration of
such military orders if such servicemember or spouse--
``(1) provides a copy of such military orders to the
licensing authority in the jurisdiction in which the new
residency is located;
``(2) remains in good standing with the licensing authority
that issued the license; and
``(3) submits to the authority of the licensing authority
in the new jurisdiction for the purposes of standards of
practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing
education requirements.
``(b) Interstate Licensure Compacts.--If a servicemember or
spouse of a servicemember is licensed and able to operate in
multiple jurisdictions through an interstate licensure
compact, with respect to services provided in the
jurisdiction of the interstate licensure compact by a
licensee covered by such compact, the servicemember or spouse
of a servicemember shall be subject to the requirements of
the compact or the applicable provisions of law of the
applicable State and not this section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section
1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 705 the following new item:

``Sec. 705A. Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and
their spouses.''.
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