S.Amdt. 438

SA 438. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC MAIL ADDRESS BLOCK
ON CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM
ACTIVE DUTY.

(a) Modification Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block explicitly
identified as the location in which a member of the Armed
Forces may provide one or more electronic mail addresses by
which the member may be contacted after discharge or release
from active duty in the Armed Forces.
(b) Voluntary Provision of Addresses.--The provision of one
or more electronic mail addresses by a member in a
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, as
modified by subsection (a), shall be voluntary and entirely
at the election of the member.
(c) Deadline for Modification.--The Secretary shall release
a revised Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
Duty, modified as required by subsection (a), not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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