[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6194 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6194

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to include training on 
 consequences of committing a crime in preseparation counseling of the 
      Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2021

 Ms. Slotkin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to include training on 
 consequences of committing a crime in preseparation counseling of the 
      Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Military Benefits Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING ON CONSEQUENCES OF COMMITTING A CRIME IN PRESEPARATION 
              COUNSELING OF THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Subsection (b) of section 1142 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(20) Training regarding the consequences to such a member 
        who is convicted of a crime, specifically regarding the loss of 
        benefits from the Federal Government to such member.''.
    (b) Implementation Date.--The Secretary concerned shall carry out 
paragraph (20) of such subsection, as added by subsection (a), not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Development.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop the 
training under such paragraph.
    (d) Progress Briefing.--Not later than 180 days of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
regarding progress of the Secretary in preparing the training under 
such paragraph.
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