3.0.0 1797 2023-01-11T13:30:05Z 2023-01-11T13:30:05Z Senate S 2015-07-16 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-07-16T20:13:28Z 2015-07-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5163-5165) IntroReferral 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND N M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2015-07-16 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-07-16 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-07-16 True Armed Forces and National Security Government information and archives Personnel records State and local government operations Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Veterans' organizations and recognition Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-03T16:09:43Z Connect with Veterans Act of 2015

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to facilitate VA outreach to veterans, primary state agencies for the administration of veterans' benefits and services, political subdivisions of states, and Indian tribes.

Requires the VA, to carry out such program, to: (1) establish a national veterans directory, and (2) share directory information with any such entities from which a participating individual has expressed interest in receiving information.

Prohibits: (1) the VA from selling information collected under this Act, (2) the VA or any participating entity from sharing such information with a non-participating entity, or (3) any participating entity from using any such information for any political communication or from requiring any participating individual to purchase any product or service.

Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to: (1) provide to each member of the Armed Forces separating from service a form for the collection of information to be included in the directory, (2) ensure that completion of the form is voluntary, and (3) take steps to protect the privacy of individuals and the security of information.

Directs DOD and the Department of Labor jointly to take steps to integrate the collection of information under this Act into the Transition Assistance Program.

]]> Connect with Veterans Act of 2015 Display Title Connect with Veterans Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a voluntary national directory of veterans to support outreach to veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Connect with Veterans Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1797is/xml/BILLS-114s1797is.xml 2015-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5163-5165) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.