S.Amdt. 2336

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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