Know Your Vets Act

Know Your Vets Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to:

• 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
• maintain a database of all such officers.

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.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4663 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4663

 To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed 
 Forces to seek services provided by county veterans service officers.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed 
 Forces to seek services provided by county veterans service officers.

    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 ``Know Your Vets Act''.

SEC. 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.
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