3.0.0 5201 2022-12-30T11:18:36Z 2022-12-30T11:18:36Z House HR 2021-09-10 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 156 (Friday, September 10, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BACON:H.R. 5201.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 provides Congress the authority to``make rules for the government and regulation of the landand naval forces''[Page H4517]]]> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-09-10T15:36:05Z National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 117 4350 HR 2022-03-01 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 144. Related bill CRS 2021-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2021-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-09-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Defense Government information and archives Military command and structure Military personnel and dependents Personnel records Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-09-10 Introduced in House 2021-09-23T20:15:37Z This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish and maintain a database that contains current contact information for the next of kin of members of the Armed Forces. A commander of the service member's unit in a grade higher than O-5 must be authorized to access the contact information, regardless of whether the member served under the commander. Individuals named in the database are authorized to elect whether or not they want to be contacted by an officer.

]]> To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and maintain a database that contains up-to-date contact information for the next of kin of members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments. Display Title To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and maintain a database that contains up-to-date contact information for the next of kin of members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments. Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish and maintain a database that contains up-to-date contact information for the next of kin of members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr5201ih/xml/BILLS-117hr5201ih.xml 2021-09-10 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 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.