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[H.R. 8354 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.8354

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil 
  Rights Division of the Department of Justice, 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 ``Servicemembers and Veterans 
Initiative Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS INITIATIVE.
    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Servicemembers and 
Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice.
    (b) Duties.--The Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative shall--
        (1) serve as legal and policy advisor to the Attorney General 
    on the Department of Justice's efforts to enforce criminal and 
    civil laws that impact servicemembers, veterans, and their 
    families;
        (2) develop policy recommendations for the Attorney General on 
    how the Department of Justice may improve enforcement of Federal 
    law to support servicemembers, veterans, and their families;
        (3) serve as the liaison and point of contact between the 
    Department of Justice and the military departments;
        (4) provide counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the 
    Office of Justice Programs to ensure funding decisions take into 
    account servicemembers, veterans, and their families;
        (5) consult with components of the Department of Justice to 
    promote the provision of civil legal aid to servicemembers, 
    veterans, and their families;
        (6) serve as a liaison and point of contact with the Consumer 
    Protection Branch of the Civil Division of the Department of 
    Justice, with respect to the prosecution of Federal crimes 
    involving fraud that target servicemembers; and
        (7) serve as a liaison and point of contact with other 
    components of the Department of Justice as needed to support the 
    enforcement of other Federal laws that protect servicemembers and 
    veterans, as the Attorney General determines appropriate.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.