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Alternatives to Licensing that Lower Obstacles to Work Act of 2016

S. 3158 · 114th Congress · Jul 12, 2016 · Lineage

A BILL

To promote economic opportunity for military families, to facilitate workforce attachment for military spouses in their chosen occupation across multiple geographical postings, to reduce barriers to work on military installations, to amend the District of Columbia Code to promote greater freedom in the practice of regulated occupations, to combat abuse of occupational licensing laws by economic incumbents, to promote competition, encourage innovation, protect consumers, and promote compliance with Federal antitrust law, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Alternatives to Licensing that Lower Obstacles to Work Act of 2016” or the “ALLOW Act”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows: