Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020 Public Law 116–288 Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020 288 116–288 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020 16123 116 2021-01-05 Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020 [(Public Law 116–288)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 116–288. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [28 U.S.C. 501 note] 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.