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BATTLE for Servicemembers Act
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H. R. 4954 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4954


To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed Forces to receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 6, 2018

Mrs. Murphy of Florida (for herself, Mr. Bergman, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Curbelo of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require members of the Armed Forces to receive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program, and for other purposes.

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 “Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act” or the “BATTLE for Ser­vice­mem­bers Act”.

SEC. 2. Required training; waivers.

Section 1144(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the heading, by striking “Opportunities”;

(2) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by inserting “and subject to paragraph (2)” after “section”;

(B) by striking “the Secretary of Defense” and all that follows through “shall permit”; and

(C) by striking “to elect to” and inserting “shall”; and

(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:

“(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, under regulations such Secretaries shall prescribe, waive the additional training under paragraph (1) for:

“(A) Such groups or classifications of members as the Secretaries determine, after consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for whom participation is not and would not be of assistance to such members based on the articulable justification of the Secretaries that there is extraordinarily high reason to believe the exempted members are unlikely to face major readjustment, health care, employment, or other challenges associated with transition to civilian life.

“(B) A member possessing specialized skills who, due to unavoidable circumstances, is needed to support the imminent deployment of a unit.

“(C) A member who elects in writing not to receive such additional training.”.