[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4790 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4790

 To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed 
    Forces to seek services provided by accredited veterans service 
                   officers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 2020

Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the ability of separating or retiring members of the Armed 
    Forces to seek services provided by accredited veterans service 
                   officers, 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 ``Know Your Vets Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL TO ACCREDITED VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS OF CERTAIN 
              INFORMATION ON MEMBERS RETIRING OR SEPARATING FROM THE 
              ARMED FORCES.

    (a) Transmittal.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a 
member of the Armed Forces who is separating or retiring from the Armed 
Forces may elect to have the Department of Defense transmit the name 
and contact information of the member to all appropriate accredited 
veterans service officers based on the post-separation mailing address 
provided to the Department by the member.
    (b) Accredited Veterans Service Officer Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``accredited veterans service officer'' means a person who has 
been recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5902 
of title 38, United States Code, for the purposes of preparation, 
presentation, and prosecution of claims under laws administered by the 
Secretary.
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