In the Senate of the United States, 

June 22, 2015. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 91) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 38, United 

States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 

issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain 

veterans.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Identification 

3 Card Act 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. VETERANS IDENTIFICATION CARD. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) Effective on the day before the date of the en7 actment of this Act, veteran identification cards were 

8 issued to veterans who have either completed the stat9 utory time-in-service requirement for retirement from 
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1 the Armed Forces or who have received a medical-re2 lated discharge from the Armed Forces. 

3 (2) Effective on the day before the date of the en4 actment of this Act, a veteran who served a minimum 

5 obligated time in service, but who did not meet the 

6 criteria described in paragraph (1), did not receive a 

7 means of identifying the veteran’s status as a veteran 

8 other than using the Department of Defense form 

9 DD–214 discharge papers of the veteran. 

10 (3) Goods, services, and promotional activities 

11 are often offered by public and private institutions to 

12 veterans who demonstrate proof of service in the mili13 tary, but it is impractical for a veteran to always 

14 carry Department of Defense form DD–214 discharge 

15 papers to demonstrate such proof. 

16 (4) A general purpose veteran identification card 

17 made available to veterans would be useful to dem18 onstrate the status of the veterans without having to 

19 carry and use official Department of Defense form 

20 DD–214 discharge papers. 

21 (5) On the day before the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs had 

23 the infrastructure in place across the United States to 

24 produce photographic identification cards and accept 

25 a small payment to cover the cost of these cards. 
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1 (b) PROVISION OF VETERAN IDENTIFICATION

2 CARDS.—Chapter 57 of title 38, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding after section 5705 the following new 

4 section: 

5 ‘‘§ 5706. Veterans identification card 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

7 shall issue an identification card described in subsection (b) 

8 to each veteran who— 

9 ‘‘(1) requests such card; 

10 ‘‘(2) presents a copy of Department of Defense 

11 form DD–214 or other official document from the offi12 cial military personnel file of the veteran that de13 scribes the service of the veteran; and 

14 ‘‘(3) pays the fee under subsection (c)(1). 

15 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION CARD.—An identification card 

16 described in this subsection is a card issued to a veteran 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(1) displays a photograph of the veteran; 

19 ‘‘(2) displays the name of the veteran; 

20 ‘‘(3) explains that such card is not proof of any 

21 benefits to which the veteran is entitled to; 

22 ‘‘(4) contains an identification number that is 

23 not a social security number; and 

24 ‘‘(5) serves as proof that such veteran— 

25 ‘‘(A) served in the Armed Forces; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) has a Department of Defense form 

2 DD–214 or other official document in the official 

3 military personnel file of the veteran that de4 scribes the service of the veteran. 

5 ‘‘(c) COSTS OF CARD.—(1) The Secretary shall charge 

6 a fee to each veteran who receives an identification card 

7 issued under this section, including a replacement identi8 fication card. 

9 ‘‘(2)(A) The fee charged under paragraph (1) shall 

10 equal such amount as the Secretary determines is necessary 

11 to issue an identification card under this section. 

12 ‘‘(B) In determining the amount of the fee under sub13 paragraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that the total 

14 amount of fees collected under paragraph (1) equals an 

15 amount necessary to carry out this section, including costs 

16 related to any additional equipment or personnel required 

17 to carry out this section. 

18 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall review and reassess the deter19 mination under subparagraph (A) during each five-year pe20 riod in which the Secretary issues an identification card 

21 under this section. 

22 ‘‘(3) Amounts collected under this subsection shall be 

23 deposited in an account of the Department available to 

24 carry out this section. Amounts so deposited shall be— 

25 ‘‘(A) merged with amounts in such account; 
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1 ‘‘(B) available in such amounts as may be pro2 vided in appropriation Acts; and 

3 ‘‘(C) subject to the same conditions and limita4 tions as amounts otherwise in such account. 

5 ‘‘(d) EFFECT OF CARD ON BENEFITS.—(1) An identi6 fication card issued under this section shall not serve as 

7 proof of any benefits that the veteran may be entitled to 

8 under this title. 

9 ‘‘(2) A veteran who is issued an identification card 

10 under this section shall not be entitled to any benefits under 

11 this title by reason of possessing such card. 

12 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES.—(1) The Secretary 

13 shall ensure that any information collected or used with re14 spect to an identification card issued under this section is 

15 appropriately secured. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may determine any appropriate 

17 procedures with respect to issuing a replacement identifica18 tion card. 

19 ‘‘(3) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 

20 coordinate with the National Personnel Records Center. 

21 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may conduct such outreach to ad22 vertise the identification card under this section as the Sec23 retary considers appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not be con25 strued to affect identification cards otherwise provided by 
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1 the Secretary to veterans enrolled in the health care system 

2 established under section 1705(a) of this title.’’. 

3 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

4 the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 

5 the item relating to section 5705 the following new item: 

‘‘5706. Veterans identification card.’’. 

6 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

7 Act shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 91 

AMENDMENT