SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Veterans’ 
Electronic Transition Services Act’’ or the ‘‘iVETS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING VETERANS ACCESS TO RECORDS. 
(a) ACCESS TO PERSONNEL FILES.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall jointly develop and implement a system allowing 
a veteran to securely and electronically access the official 
military personnel file of the veteran. 
(b) CENTRALIZED WEB PORTAL.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a 
study on establishing a veterans portal based on the 
knowledge online portals. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The study under 
paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Using the knowledge online portals as 
a model for establishing a veterans portal that 
includes a single sign-on system for email, per-
sonal profiles, organizational pages, directory 
services, file sharing, and message boards. 
(B) The ability of a veteran to use the vet-
erans portal to access the official military per-
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sonnel file of the veteran, including form 214 of 
the Department of Defense. 
(C) The ability of a veteran to use the vet-
erans portal to— 
(i) file for compensation, educational 
assistance, and other veterans benefits; 
(ii) request medical care; and 
(iii) track the status of filings and re-
quests described by clause (i) and (ii). 
(D) The ability of a member of the Armed 
Forces who is retiring, being separated, or dis-
charged from the Armed Forces to transfer the 
knowledge online portal account of the member 
to the veterans portal. 
(E) Other matters that the Secretaries 
consider appropriate in establishing a veterans 
portal. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries 
shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the study under paragraph 
(1). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the following: 
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(i) The Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(ii) The Committee on Armed Services 
and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate. 
(B) The term ‘‘compensation’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(13) of 
title 38, United States Code. 
(C) The term ‘‘knowledge online portal’’ 
means the Army Knowledge Online portal, the 
Defense Knowledge Online portal, or other 
similar Internet Web site established by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
(D) The term ‘‘veterans portal’’ means an 
Internet Web site that provides a veteran with 
a centralized, secure, and reliable method for 
accessing service records, health care records, 
and personalized information regarding com-
pensation, educational assistance, and other re-
lated benefits provided under title 38, United 
States Code. 
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