,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cich  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1 
#bjbf,mr4 ,king 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cramer1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4       
,risch1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4
 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,ricketts1 ,mr4      
,kelly1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4
 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4       
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,curtis1 ,mr4 ,ossoff1   
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 and ,mr4 
,scott of ,florida7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to authorize representatives of veterans
 service organizations to participate in
 presentations to promote certain       
benefits available to veterans during   
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 to promote     
benefits available to veterans in       
preseparation counseling under the      
,transition ,assistance ,program  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 the laws administered by 
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs4   
,such presentation-- 7,a7 shall be      
standardized2  7,b7 shall1 before       
implementation1 be reviewed and approved
 by the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs
 in collaboration with veterans service 
organizations that provide claims       
assistance under the benefits delivery  
at discharge program of the ,department 
of ,veterans ,affairs2  7,c7 shall be   
submitted by the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,senate and  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,house of ,representatives for     

review at least #ij days before         
implementation2  7,d7 where available1  
shall be presented with the             
participation of-- 7i7 a representative 
of a veterans service organization      
recognized under section #eijb of title 
#ch2 or  7ii7 an individual-- 7,i7      
recognized under section #eijc of such  
title2 and  7,,ii7 authorized by the    
,secretary concerned to so participate2 
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 duration4  4  7b7 ,annual   
report ,not less than frequently than   
once each year after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,veterans ,affairs shall submit to   
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of
 the ,senate and the ,committee on      
,veterans' ,affairs of the ,house of    

,representatives a report that-- 7#a7   
identifies each veterans service        
organization that participated in a     
presentation under paragraph 7#bj7 of   
section #aadb7;b7 of title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a72  7#b7 contains the number of       
members of the ,armed ,forces who       
attended such presentations2 and  7#c7  
includes any recommendations of the     
,secretary regarding changes to such    
presentation or to such paragraph4