H.R. 2554: Know Your Vets Act
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H.R. 2554: Know Your Vets Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-07 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-07 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Know Your Vets Act
Plain summary
Know Your Vets Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that a separating or retiring member of the Armed Forces may elect to have DOD form DD-214 transmitted to the appropriate county veterans service officers (i.e., county, local, or tribal employees who assist veterans with Department of Veterans Affairs interactions). DOD must also maintain a database of such officers. Form DD-214 contains a member's record of service and information that may be used for veteran's benefits, retirement, employment, and veteran's organization membership.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · 6 cosponsors
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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
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- Bill
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2554.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr2554 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116