In the Senate of the United States, 
June 22, 2015. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (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: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans Identification 
Card Act 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. VETERANS IDENTIFICATION CARD. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Effective on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, veteran identification cards were 
issued to veterans who have either completed the stat-
utory time-in-service requirement for retirement from
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the Armed Forces or who have received a medical-re-
lated discharge from the Armed Forces. 
(2) Effective on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, a veteran who served a minimum 
obligated time in service, but who did not meet the 
criteria described in paragraph (1), did not receive a 
means of identifying the veteran’s status as a veteran 
other than using the Department of Defense form 
DD–214 discharge papers of the veteran. 
(3) Goods, services, and promotional activities 
are often offered by public and private institutions to 
veterans who demonstrate proof of service in the mili-
tary, but it is impractical for a veteran to always 
carry Department of Defense form DD–214 discharge 
papers to demonstrate such proof. 
(4) A general purpose veteran identification card 
made available to veterans would be useful to dem-
onstrate the status of the veterans without having to 
carry and use official Department of Defense form 
DD–214 discharge papers. 
(5) On the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs had 
the infrastructure in place across the United States to 
produce photographic identification cards and accept 
a small payment to cover the cost of these cards.
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(b) 
PROVISION
OF
VETERAN
IDENTIFICATION 
CARDS.—Chapter 57 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after section 5705 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 5706. Veterans identification card 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall issue an identification card described in subsection (b) 
to each veteran who— 
‘‘(1) requests such card; 
‘‘(2) presents a copy of Department of Defense 
form DD–214 or other official document from the offi-
cial military personnel file of the veteran that de-
scribes the service of the veteran; and 
‘‘(3) pays the fee under subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION CARD.—An identification card 
described in this subsection is a card issued to a veteran 
that— 
‘‘(1) displays a photograph of the veteran; 
‘‘(2) displays the name of the veteran; 
‘‘(3) explains that such card is not proof of any 
benefits to which the veteran is entitled to; 
‘‘(4) contains an identification number that is 
not a social security number; and 
‘‘(5) serves as proof that such veteran— 
‘‘(A) served in the Armed Forces; and
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‘‘(B) has a Department of Defense form 
DD–214 or other official document in the official 
military personnel file of the veteran that de-
scribes the service of the veteran. 
‘‘(c) COSTS OF CARD.—(1) The Secretary shall charge 
a fee to each veteran who receives an identification card 
issued under this section, including a replacement identi-
fication card. 
‘‘(2)(A) The fee charged under paragraph (1) shall 
equal such amount as the Secretary determines is necessary 
to issue an identification card under this section. 
‘‘(B) In determining the amount of the fee under sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that the total 
amount of fees collected under paragraph (1) equals an 
amount necessary to carry out this section, including costs 
related to any additional equipment or personnel required 
to carry out this section. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall review and reassess the deter-
mination under subparagraph (A) during each five-year pe-
riod in which the Secretary issues an identification card 
under this section. 
‘‘(3) Amounts collected under this subsection shall be 
deposited in an account of the Department available to 
carry out this section. Amounts so deposited shall be— 
‘‘(A) merged with amounts in such account;
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‘‘(B) available in such amounts as may be pro-
vided in appropriation Acts; and 
‘‘(C) subject to the same conditions and limita-
tions as amounts otherwise in such account. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF CARD ON BENEFITS.—(1) An identi-
fication card issued under this section shall not serve as 
proof of any benefits that the veteran may be entitled to 
under this title. 
‘‘(2) A veteran who is issued an identification card 
under this section shall not be entitled to any benefits under 
this title by reason of possessing such card. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES.—(1) The Secretary 
shall ensure that any information collected or used with re-
spect to an identification card issued under this section is 
appropriately secured. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary may determine any appropriate 
procedures with respect to issuing a replacement identifica-
tion card. 
‘‘(3) In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
coordinate with the National Personnel Records Center. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary may conduct such outreach to ad-
vertise the identification card under this section as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not be con-
strued to affect identification cards otherwise provided by
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the Secretary to veterans enrolled in the health care system 
established under section 1705(a) of this title.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 5705 the following new item: 
‘‘5706. Veterans identification card.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Attest: 
Secretary.