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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 563
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2019
Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Mast, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Norton, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Takano, Mr. Evans, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Rose of New York, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Cook, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Hastings, and Mr. O'Halleran) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to 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 email addresses by which the member may be contacted.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the DD–214 Modernization Act
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Inclusion of specific email address block on Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214)
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 email addresses by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty in the Armed Forces.
Deadline for modification
The Secretary of Defense shall release a revised Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), modified as required by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.