Know Your Vets Act

Bill: 115-hr-4663
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-12-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-12-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Know Your Vets Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to: </p> <ul> <li>ensure that a separating or retiring member of the Armed Forces may elect to have DOD form DD-214 transmitted to the appropriate county veterans service officers who are county, local, or tribal employees who assist veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs interactions; and </li> <li>maintain a database of all such officers.</li> </ul> <p>Form DD 214 contains a member's record of service and information that may be used for veteran's benefits, retirement, employment, and veteran's organization membership.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4663 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2017 Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself and Mr. Gallagher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed Forces to seek services provided by county veterans service officers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Know Your Vets Act . 2. Information regarding county veterans service officers (a) Provision of information The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a member of the Armed Forces who is separating or retiring from the Armed Forces may elect to have the Department of Defense form DD–214 of the member transmitted to the appropriate county veterans service officer based on the mailing address provided by the member. (b) Database The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall maintain a database of all county veterans service officers. (c) County veterans service officer defined In this section, the term county veterans service officer means an employee of a county government, local government, or Tribal government who is covered by section 14.629(a)(2) of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations.