[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3176 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3176

To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release 
or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and 
                      electronically transferable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2019

   Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Cisneros, and Mr. Waltz) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release 
or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and 
                      electronically transferable.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MACHINE READABILITY AND ELECTRONIC TRANSFERABILITY OF 
              CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD 
              FORM 214).

    (a) Modification Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall modify 
the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) 
to be machine readable and electronically transferable.
    (b) Deadline for Modification.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
release a revised Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty 
(DD Form 214), modified pursuant to subsection (a), not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report 
to Congress regarding the following:
            (1) What systems of the Department of Defense require an 
        individual to manually enter information from DD Form 214.
            (2) What activities of the Department of Defense require a 
        veteran or former member of the Armed Forces to provide a 
        physical copy of DD Form 214.
            (3) The order of priority for modernizing items identified 
        under paragraphs (1) and (2) as determined by the Secretary.
            (4) The estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary, to 
        automate items identified under paragraphs (1) and (2).
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