Know Your Vets Act

Know Your Vets Act

This bill requires 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 (i.e., county, local, or tribal employees who assist veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs interactions). DOD must also maintain a database of 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 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2554 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2554

 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

                              May 7, 2019

Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, 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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