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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2276 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or sepa- |
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| 6 | 6 | | rating from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and |
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| 7 | 7 | | related entities. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JULY12, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. K |
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| 11 | 11 | | ING(for himself and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide for opt-out sharing of information on members |
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| 15 | 15 | | retiring or separating from the Armed Forces with com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | munity-based organizations and related entities. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Welcome Home Vet-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | erans Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 2276 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. OPT-OUT SHARING OF INFORMATION ON MEMBERS 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | RETIRING OR SEPARATING FROM THE 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ARMED FORCES WITH COMMUNITY-BASED 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED ENTITIES. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 570F of the National Defense Authorization 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1142 note) is amended— 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in subsection (c)— 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) by striking ‘‘out the form to indicate 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | an email address’’ and inserting the following: 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘out the form to indicate— 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) an email address; and’’; and 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (B) by adding at the end the following new 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | paragraph: 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) if the individual would like to opt-out of 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | the transmittal of the individual’s information to 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and through a State veterans agency as described in 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | subsection (a).’’; and 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | lows: 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(d) O |
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| 46 | 46 | | PT-OUT OFINFORMATIONSHARING.—Infor-21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | mation on an individual shall be transmitted to and 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | through a State veterans agency as described in subsection 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (a) unless the individual indicates pursuant to subsection 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | •S 2276 IS |
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| 53 | 53 | | (c)(2) that the individual would like to opt out of such 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | transmittal.’’. 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Æ |
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