Title: A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award grants to organizations for the provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces who are separated, retired, or discharged from the Armed Forces, and spouses of such members, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to eligible organizations to assist former members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their spouses. The grants shall be used for services to help such individuals transition to civilian life, including (1) job-recruitment training, (2) behavioral-health services, (3) financial services, and (4) legal assistance.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3310

To require the Secretary of Labor to award grants to organizations for 
 the provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces 
 who are separated, retired, or discharged from the Armed Forces, and 
            spouses of such members, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2018

 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Labor to award grants to organizations for 
 the provision of transition assistance to members of the Armed Forces 
 who are separated, retired, or discharged from the Armed Forces, and 
            spouses of such members, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR PROVISION OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED FORCES AFTER SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, OR 
              DISCHARGE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor shall, in coordination with 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, award grants to eligible 
organizations for the provision of transition assistance to members of 
the Armed Forces who are separated, retired, or discharged from the 
Armed Forces, and spouses of such members.
    (b) Use of Funds.--The recipient of a grant under this section 
shall use the grant to coordinate for members of the Armed Forces and 
spouses described in subsection (a) the following:
            (1) Job recruitment training, including resume assistance 
        and interview training.
            (2) Behavioral health services.
            (3) Financial services.
            (4) Legal assistance.
            (5) Educational supportive services.
            (6) Assistance with accessing benefits provided under laws 
        administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
            (7) Non-clinical case management.
            (8) Entrepreneurship training.
            (9) Such other services that may be related to the 
        assistance and services set forth in this subsection as the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines may lead directly to 
        successful transition to civilian life.
    (c) Eligible Organizations.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
section, an organization shall submit to the Secretary an application 
containing such information and assurances as the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor, may require.
    (d) Priority for Hubs of Services.--In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to an organization that 
provides multiple forms of services described in subsection (b).
    (e) Inclusion in Transition Assistance Program Counseling.--The 
Secretary of the military department concerned shall include in the 
information provided to a member of the Armed Forces during Transition 
Assistance Program information regarding any recipient of a grant under 
this section that is located in the community in which that member will 
reside after separation, retirement, or discharge from the Armed 
Forces.
    (f) Amount of Grant.--A grant under this section shall be in an 
amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the amount required by the 
organization to provide the services described in subsection (b).
    (g) Deadline.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall commence the 
awarding of grants under this section not later than six months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (h) Termination.--The authority to provide a grant under this 
section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date 
on which the Secretary commences the awarding of grants under this 
section.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.
    (j) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Transition assistance program.--The term ``Transition 
        Assistance Program'' means the Transition Assistance Program 
        under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code.
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