[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2810 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2810

  To require the Secretary of Defense to develop procedures to share 
  certain information with State veterans agencies to facilitate the 
  transition of members of the Armed Forces from military service to 
                 civilian life, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2014

  Mr. Toomey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Defense to develop procedures to share 
  certain information with State veterans agencies to facilitate the 
  transition of members of the Armed Forces from military service to 
                 civilian life, 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 ``Service Members Transition 
Improvement Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO STATE 
              VETERANS AGENCIES TO FACILITATE THE TRANSITION OF MEMBERS 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM MILITARY SERVICE TO CIVILIAN 
              LIFE.

    (a) Procedures Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
procedures to share the information described in subsection (b) on 
members of the Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces 
with State veterans agencies in electronic data format as a means of 
facilitating the transition of members of the Armed Forces from 
military service to civilian life.
    (b) Covered Information.--The information described in this 
subsection with respect to a member is as follows:
            (1) Military service and separation data.
            (2) A personal email address.
            (3) A personal telephone number.
            (4) A mailing address.
    (c) Consent.--The procedures required by subsection (a) shall 
include a requirement for consent of a member before sharing 
information about the member.
    (d) Use of Information.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
information shared with State veterans agencies in accordance with the 
procedures required by subsection (a) is only shared by such agencies 
with county government veterans service offices for such purposes as 
the Secretary shall specify for the administration and delivery of 
benefits.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the progress of the Secretary on sharing 
        information with State veterans agencies as described in 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the procedures developed under 
                subsection (a).
                    (B) A description of the activities carried out by 
                the Secretary in accordance with such procedures.
                    (C) Such recommendations as the Secretary may have 
                for legislative or administrative action to improve the 
                sharing of information as described in subsection (a).
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