119-hr1845

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1845 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1845

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to include, in the Transition 
Assistance Program, a presentation that promotes the benefits available 
 to veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 5, 2025

Mr. Van Orden introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to include, in the Transition 
Assistance Program, a presentation that promotes the benefits available 
 to veterans under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
 Affairs, 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 ``TAP Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: PRESENTATION IN PRESEPARATION 
 COUNSELING TO PROMOTE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 1142

    (b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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    (20) A presentation that promotes the benefits available 
 to veterans under the laws administered by the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs. Such presentation--
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        (A) shall be standardized;
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        (B) shall, before implementation, be reviewed and 
 approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 
 collaboration with veterans service organizations that 
 provide claims assistance under the benefits delivery 
 at discharge program of the Department of Veterans 
 Affairs;
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            (C) shall be submitted by the Secretary of 
 Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs 
 of the Senate and the House of Representatives for 
 review at least 90 days before implementation;
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            (D) where available, shall be presented with the 
 participation of--
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            (i) a representative of a veterans 
 service organization recognized under 

section 5902 of title 38; or
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            (ii) an individual--
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            (I) recognized under 

section 5903 
 of such title; and
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            (II) authorized by the Secretary 
 concerned to so participate;
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        (E) shall include information on how a veterans 
 service organization may assist the member in filing a 
 claim described in paragraph

    (19) ;
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        (F) may not encourage the member to join a 
 particular veterans service organization; and
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        (G) may not be longer than one hour.''.

    (b) Annual Report.--Not less frequently than once each year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and House of Representatives, and to the Committees on Veterans' 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives, a report that--

    (1) identifies each veterans service organization that 
 participated in a presentation under paragraph

    (20) of 

section 1142

    (b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) contains the number of members of the Armed Forces who 
 attended such presentations; and

    (3) includes any recommendations of the Secretary regarding 
 changes to such presentation or to such paragraph.
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