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US HR563

DD–214 Modernization Act


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Introduced
01/15/2019
In Committee
01/24/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

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. This bill directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a block in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty.

AI Summary

This bill directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block where a member of the Armed Forces can provide one or more email addresses by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty. The Secretary of Defense is required to release the revised DD Form 214 with this new block within one year of the enactment of the bill.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (40)

Anthony Brown (D)* Don Bacon (R),  Jack Bergman (R),  Anthony Brindisi (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Salud Carbajal (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Paul Cook (R),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Tulsi Gabbard (D),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Bill Johnson (R),  Walter Jones (R),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Brian Mast (R),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Stephanie Murphy (D),  Donald Norcross (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Tom O'Halleran (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Max Rose (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Michael Waltz (R),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (on 01/24/2019)

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