TAP Promotion Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3933 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3933

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize representatives of 
veterans service organizations to promote certain benefits available to 
veterans in the course of preseparation counseling under the Transition 
    Assistance program of the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2023

Mr. Van Orden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize representatives of 
veterans service organizations to promote certain benefits available to 
veterans in the course of preseparation counseling under the Transition 
    Assistance program of the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``TAP Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESENTATION BY A VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION IN TAP 
              PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.

    (a) In General.--Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(20) A presentation that promotes the benefits available 
        to veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs. Such presentation--
                    ``(A) shall be standardized;
                    ``(B) shall be previously reviewed and approved by 
                the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
                    ``(C) shall be submitted by the Secretary of 
                Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
                of the Senate and House of Representatives for review 
                at least 90 days before implementation;
                    ``(D) shall be presented by--
                            ``(i) a national representative of a 
                        veterans service organization recognized under 
                        section 5902 of title 38; or
                            ``(ii) if a national representative is 
                        unavailable, a State or local representative of 
                        such an organization authorized by the 
                        Secretary concerned to so present;
                    ``(E) shall include information on how a veterans 
                service organization may assist the member in filing a 
                claim described in paragraph (19);
                    ``(F) may not encourage the member to join a 
                particular veterans service organization; and
                    ``(G) may not exceed one hour in length.''.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not less than once each year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report--
            (1) that identifies each veterans service organization that 
        presented under paragraph (20) of section 1142(b) of title 10, 
        United States Code, as added by subsection (a);
            (2) that contains the number of members of the Armed Forces 
        who attended such presentations; and
            (3) that includes any recommendations of the Secretary 
        regarding changes to such presentation or to such paragraph.
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