Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020

[116th Congress Public Law 288]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 116-288
116th Congress

                                 An Act


 
To establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil 
      Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and for other 
            purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 5, 2021 -  [H.R. 8354]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Servicemembers 
and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. 28 USC 501 note.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemembers and Veterans 
Initiative Act of 2020''.
SEC. 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 Department of Justice's efforts to enforce 
        criminal and civil laws that impact servicemembers, veterans, 
        and their families;
            (2) <<NOTE: Recommenda- tions.>>  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) <<NOTE: Consultation.>>  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 and point of contact with the 
        Consumer Protection Branch of the Civil Division of the 
        Department of Justice, with respect to the prosecution of 
        Federal crimes involving fraud that target servicemembers; and
            (7) serve as a liaison and point of contact with other 
        components of the Department of Justice as needed to support the

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        enforcement of other Federal laws that protect servicemembers 
        and veterans, as the Attorney General determines appropriate.

    Approved January 5, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 8354:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-618 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):
            Dec. 8, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate.

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