Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020.

Bill: 116-s-4915
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-11-18
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Justice

Executive agency funding and structure

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Intergovernmental relations

Lawyers and legal services

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7078-7079)

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill establishes the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).</p> <p>The initiative shall, among other things</p> <ul> <li>serve as legal and policy advisor on DOJ's efforts to enforce criminal and civil laws that impact service members, veterans, and their families;</li> <li>develop policy recommendations for improved enforcement of federal law to support service members, veterans, and their families;</li> <li>serve as the liaison and point of contact between DOJ and the military departments;</li> <li> provide counsel for the Office of Justice Programs to ensure that funding decisions take into account service members, veterans, and their families; and</li> <li>enforce federal laws that protect service members and veterans.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4915 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 18, 2020 Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. 2. Servicemembers and veterans initiative (a) Establishment There is established the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. (b) Duties The Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative shall— (1) serve as legal and policy advisor to the Attorney General on the efforts of the Department of Justice to enforce criminal and civil laws that impact servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (2) develop policy recommendations for the Attorney General on how the Department of Justice may improve enforcement of Federal law to support servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (3) serve as the liaison and point of contact between the Department of Justice and the military departments; (4) provide counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to ensure funding decisions take into account servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (5) consult with components of the Department of Justice to promote the provision of civil legal aid to servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (6) serve as a liaison with the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division to coordinate the prosecution of Federal crimes involving fraud that target servicemembers; and (7) enforce other Federal laws that protect servicemembers and veterans, as the Attorney General determines appropriate.