Title: DD-214 Modernization Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
DD-214 Modernization Act
This bill directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3036 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3036

   To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of 
   Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a 
specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member 
 of the Armed Forces may provide one or more email addresses by which 
                      the member may be contacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2017

 Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Walz, Mr. Takano, Mr. Evans, 
Mr. Hastings, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
 Shea-Porter, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. 
Estes of Kansas, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Harris, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Bergman, Ms. 
  Stefanik, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Comstock, Mrs. Murphy of 
    Florida, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Brownley of 
California, Ms. Gabbard, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Jones, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Franks 
 of Arizona, Ms. McSally, Mr. Taylor, Mr. McEachin, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Langevin, Ms. Hanabusa, and Mr. Norcross) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of 
   Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a 
specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member 
 of the Armed Forces may provide one or more email addresses by which 
                      the member may be contacted.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DD-214 Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS BLOCK ON CERTIFICATE OF 
              RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214).

    (a) Modification Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall modify 
the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) 
to include a specific block explicitly identified as the location in 
which a member of the Armed Forces may provide one or more email 
addresses by which the member may be contacted after discharge or 
release from active duty in the Armed Forces.
    (b) Deadline for Modification.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
release a revised Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty 
(DD Form 214), modified as required by subsection (a), not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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