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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2888 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2888

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize representatives of 
   veterans service organizations to participate in presentations to 
  promote certain benefits available to veterans during preseparation 
counseling under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of 
                    Defense, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2023

   Mr. King (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Rounds, and Mrs. Shaheen) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize representatives of 
   veterans service organizations to participate in presentations to 
  promote certain benefits available to veterans during preseparation 
counseling under the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of 
                    Defense, 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 ``TAP Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESENTATION TO PROMOTE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO VETERANS IN 
              PRESEPARATION COUNSELING UNDER THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) A presentation that promotes the benefits available 
        to veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs. Such presentation--
                    ``(A) shall be standardized;
                    ``(B) shall, before implementation, be reviewed and 
                approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
                collaboration with veterans service organizations that 
                provide claims assistance under the benefits delivery 
                at discharge program of the Department of Veterans 
                Affairs;
                    ``(C) shall be submitted by the Secretary of 
                Veterans Affairs to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
                of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives for review at least 90 
                days before implementation;
                    ``(D) where available, shall be presented with the 
                participation of--
                            ``(i) a representative of a veterans 
                        service organization recognized under section 
                        5902 of title 38; or
                            ``(ii) an individual--
                                    ``(I) recognized under section 5903 
                                of such title; and
                                    ``(II) authorized by the Secretary 
                                concerned to so participate;
                    ``(E) shall include information on how a veterans 
                service organization may assist the member in filing a 
                claim described in paragraph (19);
                    ``(F) may not encourage the member to join a 
                particular veterans service organization; and
                    ``(G) may not exceed one hour in duration.''.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not less than frequently than once each year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report that--
            (1) identifies each veterans service organization that 
        participated in a presentation under paragraph (20) of section 
        1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 
        (a);
            (2) contains the number of members of the Armed Forces who 
        attended such presentations; and
            (3) includes any recommendations of the Secretary regarding 
        changes to such presentation or to such paragraph.
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