Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4155) to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 4155 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Veteran Skills to Jobs Act''. SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF RELEVANT MILITARY TRAINING FOR ISSUANCE OF A FEDERAL LICENSE. (a) In General.--The head of each Federal licensing authority shall consider and may accept, in the case of any individual applying for a license, any relevant training received by such individual while serving as a member of the armed forces, for the purpose of satisfying the requirements for such license. (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act-- (1) the term ``license'' means a license, certification, or other grant of permission to engage in a particular activity; (2) the term ``Federal licensing authority'' means a department, agency, or other entity of the Government having authority to issue a license; (3) the term ``armed forces'' has the meaning given such term by section 2101(2) of title 5, United States Code; and (4) the term ``Government'' means the Government of the United States. SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.…”