; (2) direct the applicable services to take all necessary and appropriate actions to pay for Transportation Worker Identification Credential cards for members of the uniformed service on active duty pursuing or possessing a mariner credential; (3) ensure that members of the applicable services who are to be discharged or released from active duty and who request certification or verification of sea service be provided such certification or verification no later than one month after discharge or release; (4) ensure the applicable services have developed, or continue to operate, as appropriate, the online resource known as Credentialing Opportunities On-Line to support separating members of the uniformed service who are seeking information and assistance on merchant mariner credentialing; and (5) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, take all necessary and appropriate actions to apply military-related medical certifications to merchant mariner credential requirements. (d) Advancing military to mariner within the employer agencies (1) In general The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Commerce shall have direct hiring authority to employ separated members of the Armed Forces with valid merchant mariner licenses or sea service experience in support of the United States national maritime needs, including the Army Corps of Engineers, Customs and Border Protection, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (2) Separated member of the Armed Forces In this subsection, the term separated member of the Armed Forces means an individual who— (A) (i) is retiring or is retired as a member of the Armed Forces; or (ii) is voluntarily separating or voluntarily separated from the Armed Forces at the end of enlistment or service obligation