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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4941 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the Transition Assistance 

Program by allowing certain veterans’ service organizations to contact 

veterans regarding benefits and to better inform veterans of employment 

opportunities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2019 

Mr. KIM (for himself, Mr. COOK, and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the 

Transition Assistance Program by allowing certain veterans’ service organizations to contact veterans regarding 

benefits and to better inform veterans of employment 

opportunities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Employment 

5 Transition Act’’ or the ‘‘VET Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PRO2 GRAM OUTREACH. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1144 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(g) OUTREACH.—(1) The Secretary concerned shall 

7 collect the following information from each member par8 ticipating in the program under this section: 

9 ‘‘(A) The name of the member. 

10 ‘‘(B) The mailing address of the member while 

11 participating in such program and, if different, the 

12 mailing address of the member after being separated 

13 from active duty. 

14 ‘‘(C) The email address of the member. 

15 ‘‘(D) The telephone number of the member. 

16 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by paragraph (3), the 

17 Secretary concerned shall share with the veterans’ service 

18 organizations covered by section 5902 of title 38, the De19 partment of Veterans Affairs, and veterans agencies of 

20 State governments, the information of members collected 

21 under paragraph (1) for the purpose of such organizations 

22 contacting such members with respect to the following: 

23 ‘‘(i) Programs described in subsection (b)(3). 

24 ‘‘(ii) Benefits available to veterans. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Employment opportunities for veterans, 

2 including employment opportunities with the Federal 

3 Government and State and local governments. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Events for veterans in the area in which 

5 the member lives. 

6 ‘‘(B) The Secretary concerned may not share infor7 mation under subparagraph (A) with a veterans’ service 

8 organization if such organization— 

9 ‘‘(i) uses such information to solicit membership 

10 with the organization; 

11 ‘‘(ii) contacts the member or dependents of the 

12 member under this subsection more frequently than 

13 semiannually; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) does not allow a member or dependent of 

15 a member to opt out of being contacted under this 

16 subsection. 

17 ‘‘(3) In collecting information under paragraph (1), 

18 the Secretary concerned shall permit a member partici19 pating in the program under this section to not be con20 tacted under paragraph (2).’’. 

21 (b) PRIOR PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary of Vet22 erans Affairs shall ensure that a veteran who completed 

23 the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of 

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1 ment of this Act may provide the information under sub2 section (g)(1) of such section, as added by this section. 

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