[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1789 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1789

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on 
 participation in the Transition Assistance Program for members of the 
                 Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2017

  Mr. Rounds (for himself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Warner) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on 
 participation in the Transition Assistance Program for members of the 
                 Armed Forces, 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 ``Department of Defense Transition 
Assistance Program Oversight Improvement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON PARTICIPATION IN THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Annual Report.--(1) Not later than February 28 each year, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the 
participation of members of the armed forces in the program under this 
section during the preceding year.
    ``(2) Each report under this subsection shall set forth, for the 
year covered by such report, the following:
            ``(A) The number of members who were eligible for 
        participation in the program, in aggregate and by component of 
        the armed forces.
            ``(B) The number of members who participated in the 
        program, in aggregate and by component of the armed forces, for 
        each of the following:
                    ``(i) Preseparation counseling provided by the 
                Department of Defense.
                    ``(ii) Briefings provided by the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs.
                    ``(iii) Employment workshops provided by the 
                Department of Labor.
            ``(C) The number of members who did not participate in the 
        program due to a waiver of the participation requirement under 
        subsection (c)(2) for each service set forth in subparagraph 
        (B).
    ``(3) Each report under this subsection may also include such 
recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
considers appropriate to increase participation of members of the armed 
forces in each service set forth in paragraph (2)(B).''.
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