To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transferable.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3176 To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transferable. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 10, 2019 Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mr. WALTZ) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine readable and electronically transfer- able. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. MACHINE READABILITY AND ELECTRONIC 3 TRANSFERABILITY OF CERTIFICATE OF RE- 4 LEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY 5 (DD FORM 214). 6 (a) MODIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 7 Defense shall modify the Certificate of Release or Dis- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3176.IH H3176 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3176 IH charge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to be machine 1 readable and electronically transferable. 2 (b) DEADLINE FOR MODIFICATION.—The Secretary 3 of Defense shall release a revised Certificate of Release 4 or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), modified 5 pursuant to subsection (a), not later than two years after 6 the date of the enactment of this Act. 7 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 9 shall submit a report to Congress regarding the following: 10 (1) What systems of the Department of De- 11 fense require an individual to manually enter infor- 12 mation from DD Form 214. 13 (2) What activities of the Department of De- 14 fense require a veteran or former member of the 15 Armed Forces to provide a physical copy of DD 16 Form 214. 17 (3) The order of priority for modernizing items 18 identified under paragraphs (1) and (2) as deter- 19 mined by the Secretary. 20 (4) The estimated cost, as determined by the 21 Secretary, to automate items identified under para- 22 graphs (1) and (2). 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:01 Jun 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3176.IH H3176 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS