S. 2276Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Welcome Home Veterans Act of 2023

Introduced July 12, 2023

AI-Generated Summary

Updated January 20, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC

The Welcome Home Veterans Act of 2023 lets service members who are retiring or separating from the Armed Forces choose not to have their personal information shared with state veterans agencies and community‑based organizations. It amends the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to add an opt‑out choice on the information‑sharing form. The change affects individual service members, state veterans agencies, and any community groups that would otherwise receive that data.

Key Provisions

  • Amends Section 570F of the 2020 NDAA to modify the information‑sharing form, adding a field for an email address and a new option for individuals to opt out of data transmission to a State veterans agency.
  • Specifies that, unless a service member opts out, their information will be transmitted to and through a State veterans agency as previously required.

Legislative Activity

Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action

1 earlier action
SenateIntro Referral Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

July 12, 2023

View full timeline
SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

July 12, 2023

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

July 12, 2023

Bill Text

Latest available legislative text

Reading Mode
Latest
Introduced in SenateIssued July 12, 2023

II

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2276

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 12, 2023

Mr. King (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

A BILL

To provide for opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and related entities.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Welcome Home Veterans Act of 2023.

2.

Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and related entities

Section 570F of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 1142 note) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

by striking out the form to indicate an email address and inserting the following: “out the form to indicate—

(1)

an email address; and

; and

(B)

by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(2)

if the individual would like to opt-out of the transmittal of the individual’s information to and through a State veterans agency as described in subsection (a).

; and

(2)

by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d)

Opt-Out of information sharing

Information on an individual shall be transmitted to and through a State veterans agency as described in subsection (a) unless the individual indicates pursuant to subsection (c)(2) that the individual would like to opt out of such transmittal.

.