HR 3036 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

DD-214 Modernization Act

Introduced Jun 23, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Anthony G. Brown D-MD

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Latest action · Jul 17, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 23, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

DD-214 Modernization Act

This bill directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty.

Cosponsors 39

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2017 to Jul 14, 2017; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 23, 2017
R-MDAndy HarrisOriginalJun 23, 2017
R-VABarbara ComstockOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalJun 23, 2017
R-NEDon BaconOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJun 23, 2017
R-NYElise M. StefanikOriginalJun 23, 2017
R-MIJack BergmanOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-NVJacky RosenOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 23, 2017
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalJun 23, 2017
Show all 39 cosponsors

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Jun 23, 2017
Military Personnel Subcommittee
Referred Jul 17, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 17, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Jun 23, 2017Introduced in House
  3. Jun 23, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 108, June 23, 2017, page H5139.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 563DD–214 Modernization ActReintroduced BillJan 24, 2019
HR 2810National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018Related billDec 12, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a specific block explicitly identified as the location in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide one or more email addresses by which the member may be contacted.
Short Titles as Introduced
DD-214 Modernization Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2017Introduced in House

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