S. 2276 – Reading Mode

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.

Short title

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

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.