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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 ad-
dition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 vet-
erans’ service organizations to contact veterans regarding 
benefits and to better inform veterans of employment 
opportunities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Employment 
Transition Act’’ or the ‘‘VET Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM OUTREACH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1144 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) OUTREACH.—(1) The Secretary concerned shall 
collect the following information from each member par-
ticipating in the program under this section: 
‘‘(A) The name of the member. 
‘‘(B) The mailing address of the member while 
participating in such program and, if different, the 
mailing address of the member after being separated 
from active duty. 
‘‘(C) The email address of the member. 
‘‘(D) The telephone number of the member. 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by paragraph (3), the 
Secretary concerned shall share with the veterans’ service 
organizations covered by section 5902 of title 38, the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, and veterans agencies of 
State governments, the information of members collected 
under paragraph (1) for the purpose of such organizations 
contacting such members with respect to the following: 
‘‘(i) Programs described in subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(ii) Benefits available to veterans. 
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‘‘(iii) Employment opportunities for veterans, 
including employment opportunities with the Federal 
Government and State and local governments. 
‘‘(iv) Events for veterans in the area in which 
the member lives. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary concerned may not share infor-
mation under subparagraph (A) with a veterans’ service 
organization if such organization— 
‘‘(i) uses such information to solicit membership 
with the organization; 
‘‘(ii) contacts the member or dependents of the 
member under this subsection more frequently than 
semiannually; or 
‘‘(iii) does not allow a member or dependent of 
a member to opt out of being contacted under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(3) In collecting information under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary concerned shall permit a member partici-
pating in the program under this section to not be con-
tacted under paragraph (2).’’. 
(b) PRIOR PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall ensure that a veteran who completed 
the Transition Assistance Program under section 1144 of 
title 10, United States Code, before the date of the enact-
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