,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cefj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #i1   
#bjbd,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,rounds1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4         
,manchin7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize             
pre-enrollment of certain combat service
 members of the ,armed ,forces in the   
system of annual patient enrollment of  
the ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,combat ,veterans               
,pre-,enrollment ,act of #bjbd4  #b4    
,pre-enrollment of certain combat       
service members of the ,armed ,forces in
 the patient enrollment system of the   
,department of ,veterans ,affairs  7a7  
,in general ,section #agje of title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7e7 7#a7 ,the ,secretary   

may pre-enroll in the system of annual  
patient enrollment established and      
operated under subsection 7a7 a member  
of the ,armed ,forces during the        
#ahj-;day period before the separation  
of such member from service in the      
,armed ,forces if the ,secretary        
determines such member would be eligible
 for enrollment under such subsection   
and would be described in section       
#agaj7;e77#a77;,d7 of this title upon   
separating from such service4  7#b7 ,in 
this subsection1 the term pre-enroll    
means1 with respect to a member of the  
,armed ,forces1 all activities necessary
 to permit a final enrollment           
determination with respect to the       
enrollment of such member in the system 
of annual patient enrollment established
 and operated under subsection 7a7      
immediately upon the separation of such 
member from the ,armed ,forces4  4  7b7 
,establishment of pre-,enrollment       
mechanism  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than one year after the date of the     

enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs and the ,secretary
 of ,defense shall establish a mechanism
 to permit pre-enrollment of members of 
the ,armed ,forces in the system of     
annual patient enrollment of the        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
pursuant to section #agje7;e7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 as added by 
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,briefings on     
initial implementation  7,a7 ,in general
 ,not later than each of #ahj days1 one 
year1 and two years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,department of ,veterans                
,affairs-,department of ,defense ,joint 
,executive ,committee established under 
section #cbj of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 shall provide to the     
appropriate committees of ,congress a   
briefing on the implementation of the   
mechanism required under paragraph 7#a74
  7,b7 ,appropriate committees of       
,congress defined ,in this paragraph1   
the term appropriate committees of      

,congress means-- 7i7 the ,committee on 
,veterans' ,affairs and the ,committee  
on ,armed ,services of the ,senate2 and 
7ii7 the ,committee on ,veterans'       
,affairs and the ,committee on ,armed   
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives4  7c7 ,annual report   
,section #haaa7;f77#b7 of title #ch1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,e7 and
 7,f7 as subparagraphs 7,f7 and 7,g71   
respectively2 and  7#b7 by inserting    
after subparagraph 7,d7 the following   
new subparagraph 7,e73  7,e7 ,with      
respect to the pre-enrollment of members
 of the ,armed ,forces in the system of 
annual patient enrollment of the        
,department under section #agje7;e7 of  
this title during the preceding fiscal  
year1 the following3 7i7 ,the number of 
such members who pre-enrolled in such   
system4  7ii7 ,the number of such       
members who applied for pre-enrollment  
but were denied final enrollment in such
 system4  7iii7 ,aggregated demographic 

information for such members1 including 
age1 ethnicity1 length of service1      
military rank1 and branch of service4  4