Know Your Vets Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-4790
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-10-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Veterans Affairs

Government information and archives

Military personnel and dependents

Personnel records

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Know Your Vets Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces who is separating or retiring from service may elect to have DOD transmit their name and contact information to accredited veterans service officers based on the post-separation mailing address they provided. An accredited veterans service officer is a person who has been recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for purposes of preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims for VA benefits. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4790 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 1, 2020 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed Forces to seek services provided by accredited veterans service officers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Know Your Vets Act of 2020 . 2. Transmittal to accredited veterans service officers of certain information on members retiring or separating from the Armed Forces (a) Transmittal 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 transmit the name and contact information of the member to all appropriate accredited veterans service officers based on the post-separation mailing address provided to the Department by the member. (b) Accredited veterans service officer defined In this section, the term accredited veterans service officer means a person who has been recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code, for the purposes of preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the Secretary.