,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cicc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #g1 #bjbc,mr4  
,van ,orden introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,veterans'
 ,affairs1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize             
representatives of veterans service     
organizations to promote certain        
benefits available to veterans in the   
course of preseparation counseling under
 the ,transition ,assistance program of 
the ,department of ,defense1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,tap          
,promotion ,act4  #b4 ,presentation by a
 veterans service organization in ,,tap 
preseparation counseling  7a7 ,in       

general ,section #aadb7;b7 of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#bj7 ,a presentation that  
promotes the benefits available to      
veterans under laws administered by the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4 ,such 
presentation-- 7,a7 shall be            
standardized2  7,b7 shall be previously 
reviewed and approved by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs2  7,c7 shall be   
submitted by the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs to the ,committees on         
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate and  
,house of ,representatives for review at
 least #ij days before implementation2  
7,d7 shall be presented by-- 7i7 a      
national representative of a veterans   
service organization recognized under   
section #eijb of title #ch2 or  7ii7 if 
a national representative is            
unavailable1 a ,state or local          
representative of such an organization  
authorized by the ,secretary concerned  
to so present2  7,e7 shall include      

information on how a veterans service   
organization may assist the member in   
filing a claim described in paragraph   
7#ai72  7,f7 may not encourage the      
member to join a particular veterans    
service organization2 and  7,g7 may not 
exceed one hour in length4  4  7b7      
,annual report ,not less than once each 
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs shall submit to the ,committees
 on ,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate  
and ,house of ,representatives a        
report-- 7#a7 that identifies each      
veterans service organization that      
presented under paragraph 7#bj7 of      
section #aadb7;b7 of title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a72  7#b7 that contains the number of  
members of the ,armed ,forces who       
attended such presentations2 and  7#c7  
that includes any recommendations of the
 ,secretary regarding changes to such   
presentation or to such paragraph4