[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8354 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8354


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 9, 2020

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 2020.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.