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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3560 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize pre-enrollment of certain 

combat service members of the Armed Forces in the system of annual 

patient enrollment of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2024 

Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. MANCHIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize preenrollment of certain combat service members of the 

Armed Forces in the system of annual patient enrollment 

of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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 ‘‘Combat Veterans Pre5 Enrollment Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRE-ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN COMBAT SERVICE 

2 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN THE 

3 PATIENT ENROLLMENT SYSTEM OF THE DE4 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1705 of title 38, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(e)(1) The Secretary may pre-enroll in the system 

9 of annual patient enrollment established and operated 

10 under subsection (a) a member of the Armed Forces dur11 ing the 180-day period before the separation of such mem12 ber from service in the Armed Forces if the Secretary de13 termines such member would be eligible for enrollment 

14 under such subsection and would be described in section 

15 1710(e)(1)(D) of this title upon separating from such 

16 service. 

17 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘pre-enroll’ means, 

18 with respect to a member of the Armed Forces, all activi19 ties necessary to permit a final enrollment determination 

20 with respect to the enrollment of such member in the sys21 tem of annual patient enrollment established and operated 

22 under subsection (a) immediately upon the separation of 

23 such member from the Armed Forces.’’. 

24 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE-ENROLLMENT MECHA25 NISM.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of De4 fense shall establish a mechanism to permit pre-en5 rollment of members of the Armed Forces in the 

6 system of annual patient enrollment of the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 

8 1705(e) of title 38, United States Code, as added by 

9 subsection (a). 

10 (2) BRIEFINGS ON INITIAL IMPLEMENTA11 TION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each of 

13 180 days, one year, and two years after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs-Department of De16 fense Joint Executive Committee established 

17 under section 320 of title 38, United States 

18 Code, shall provide to the appropriate commit19 tees of Congress a briefing on the implementa20 tion of the mechanism required under para21 graph (1). 

22 (B) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON23 GRESS DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 

24 ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 


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1 (i) the Committee on Veterans’ Af2 fairs and the Committee on Armed Serv3 ices of the Senate; and 

4 (ii) the Committee on Veterans’ Af5 fairs and the Committee on Armed Serv6 ices of the House of Representatives. 

7 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 8111(f)(2) of title 38, 

8 United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 

10 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol12 lowing new subparagraph (E): 

13 ‘‘(E) With respect to the pre-enrollment of 

14 members of the Armed Forces in the system of an15 nual patient enrollment of the Department under 

16 section 1705(e) of this title during the preceding fis17 cal year, the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) The number of such members who 

19 pre-enrolled in such system. 

20 ‘‘(ii) The number of such members who ap21 plied for pre-enrollment but were denied final 

22 enrollment in such system. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Aggregated demographic information 

24 for such members, including age, ethnicity, 


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1 length of service, military rank, and branch of 

2 service.’’. 

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