on mechanisms to facilitate the obtaining by military spouses of professional licenses or credentials in other States Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasability and advisability of the following: (1) The development and maintenance of a joint Federal-State clearing house to process the professional license and credential information of military spouses in order— (A) to facilitate the matching of such information with State professional licensure and credentialing requirements