[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2336. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INFORMATION REGARDING COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE 
                   OFFICERS.

       (a) Provision of Information.--The Secretary of Defense, 
     and with respect to members of the Coast Guard, the Secretary 
     of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating when 
     it is not operating as a service in the Navy, 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 form DD-214 of the member transmitted 
     to the appropriate county veterans service officer based on 
     the mailing address provided by the member.
       (b) Database.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall maintain a 
     database of all county veterans service officers.
       (c) County Veterans Service Officer Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``county veterans service officer'' means 
     an employee of a county government, local government, or 
     Tribal government who is covered by section 14.629(a)(2) of 
     title 38, Code of Federal Regulations.
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