[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 165 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 165

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an element in 
preseparation counseling for members of the Armed Forces on assistance 
  and support services for caregivers of certain veterans through the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 17, 2017

  Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an element in 
preseparation counseling for members of the Armed Forces on assistance 
  and support services for caregivers of certain veterans through the 
                    Department of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Caregiver Program Information 
Dissemination Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ELEMENT IN PRESEPARATION COUNSELING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES ON ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CAREGIVERS 
              OF CERTAIN VETERANS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(18) A description, developed in consultation with the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of the assistance and support 
        services for family caregivers of eligible veterans under the 
        program conducted by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
        to section 1720G of title 38, including the veterans covered by 
        the program, the caregivers eligible for assistance and support 
        through the program, and the assistance and support available 
        through the program.''.
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