,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ae1
 #bjad,mr4 ,toomey introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,defense to   
develop procedures to share certain     
information with ,state veterans        
agencies to facilitate the transition of
 members of the ,armed ,forces from     
military service to civilian life1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,service 
,members ,transition ,improvement ,act  
of #bjad4  #b4 ,procedures for provision
 of certain information to ,state       
veterans agencies to facilitate the     
transition of members of the ,armed     
,forces from military service to        
civilian life  7a7 ,procedures required 
,the ,secretary of ,defense shall       
develop procedures to share the         
information described in subsection 7b7 

on members of the ,armed ,forces who are
 separating from the ,armed ,forces with
 ,state veterans agencies in electronic 
data format as a means of facilitating  
the transition of members of the ,armed 
,forces from military service to        
civilian life4  7b7 ,covered information
 ,the information described in this     
subsection with respect to a member is  
as follows3 7#a7 ,military service and  
separation data4  7#b7 ,a personal email
 address4  7#c7 ,a personal telephone   
number4  7#d7 ,a mailing address4  7c7  
,consent ,the procedures required by    
subsection 7a7 shall include a          
requirement for consent of a member     
before sharing information about the    
member4  7d7 ,use of information ,the   
,secretary shall ensure that the        
information shared with ,state veterans 
agencies in accordance with the         
procedures required by subsection 7a7 is
 only shared by such agencies with      
county government veterans service      
offices for such purposes as the        

,secretary shall specify for the        
administration and delivery of benefits4
  7e7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general ,not    
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall submit to ,congress a  
report on the progress of the ,secretary
 on sharing information with ,state     
veterans agencies as described in       
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,contents ,the    
report required by paragraph 7#a7 shall 
include the following3 7,a7 ,a          
description of the procedures developed 
under subsection 7a74  7,b7 ,a          
description of the activities carried   
out by the ,secretary in accordance with
 such procedures4  7,c7 ,such           
recommendations as the ,secretary may   
have for legislative or administrative  
action to improve the sharing of        
information as described in subsection  
7a74