3.0.0 4790 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z Senate S 2020-10-01 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-01T20:52:14Z 2020-10-01 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-10-01 True Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Military personnel and dependents Personnel records Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-05T17:02:35Z Know Your Vets Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces who is separating or retiring from service may elect to have DOD transmit their name and contact information to accredited veterans service officers based on the post-separation mailing address they provided. An accredited veterans service officer is a person who has been recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for purposes of preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims for VA benefits.

]]> Know Your Vets Act of 2020 Display Title Know Your Vets Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Know Your Vets Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed Forces to seek services provided by accredited veterans service officers, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4790is/xml/BILLS-116s4790is.xml 2020-10-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.