Title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to annually report on its Solid Start program, which is an outreach program for those in their first year of separation from the military. The report must exclude any personally identifiable information regarding a veteran.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7747 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7747

 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an 
annual report on the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2020

    Ms. Kelly of Illinois (for herself and Mr. Mast) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an 
annual report on the Solid Start program of the Department of Veterans 
                    Affairs, 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. REPORTING ON SOLID START PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Solid Start 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) With respect to each veteran called or emailed under 
        the Solid Start program:
                    (A) The Armed Force of the veteran.
                    (B) Age.
                    (C) Gender.
                    (D) Whether the veteran responded to the call or 
                email.
                    (E) Whether the call or email resulted in a call to 
                the Veterans Crisis Line established pursuant to 
                section 1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code.
                    (F) Whether the call or email resulted in a 
                referral to--
                            (i) compensation and pension determination;
                            (ii) enrollment in the patient enrollment 
                        system of the Department; or
                            (iii) any other program or benefit under 
                        the laws administered by the Secretary.
            (2) Any change to the Solid Start program implemented by 
        the Secretary since the date of the previous such report.
    (c) Prohibition on Personally Identifiable Information.--No report 
under subsection (a) may contain any personally identifiable 
information regarding a veteran.
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