I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2326 
To amend the Social Security Act, to amend the Dignified Burial and Other 
Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012, and to direct the Secre-
taries of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Labor, and Homeland Security, and 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to take certain 
actions to improve transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces 
who separate, retire, or are discharged from the Armed Forces, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2019 
Mr. LEVIN of California (for himself, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, and Mrs. LEE of Nevada) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act, to amend the Dignified 
Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act 
of 2012, and to direct the Secretaries of Veterans Af-
fairs, Defense, Labor, and Homeland Security, and the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, to 
take certain actions to improve transition assistance to 
members of the Armed Forces who separate, retire, or 
are discharged from the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:33 Apr 29, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6652
E:\BILLS\H2326.IH
H2326
khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
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 ‘‘Navy SEAL Chief 
Petty Officer William ‘Bill’ Mulder (Ret.) Transition Im-
provement Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. TAP DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘TAP’’ means the Transition 
Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. ACCESS FOR THE SECRETARIES OF LABOR AND 
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO THE FEDERAL DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES. 
Section 453A(h) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653a(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) VETERAN EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretaries 
of Labor and of Veterans Affairs shall have access 
to information reported by employers pursuant to 
subsection (b) of this section for purposes of track-
ing employment of veterans.’’. 
SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR OFF-BASE TRANSITION 
TRAINING FOR VETERANS AND SPOUSES. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Subsection 
(a) of section 301 of the Dignified Burial and Other Vet-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:33 Apr 29, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2326.IH
H2326
khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS
erans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–260; 10 U.S.C. 1144 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘During the two-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘During the five-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of the Navy SEAL 
Chief Petty Officer William ‘Bill’ Mulder (Ret.) 
Transition Improvement Act of 2019’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘to assess the feasibility and ad-
visability of providing such program to eligible indi-
viduals at locations other than military installa-
tions’’. 
(b) LOCATIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less than 
three and not more than five States’’ and inserting 
‘‘not fewer than 50 locations in States (as defined 
in section 101 of title 38, United States Code)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘at least two’’ 
and inserting ‘‘at least 20’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Subsection (f) of such 
section is repealed. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
20:33 Apr 29, 2019
Jkt 089200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2326.IH
H2326
khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with BILLS