To amend title 10, United States Code, to identify additional factors for the design of the counseling pathways of the Transition Assistance Program.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7542 To amend title 10, United States Code, to identify additional factors for the design of the counseling pathways of the Transition Assistance Program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2020 Mr. LEVIN of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to identify additional factors for the design of the counseling pathways of the Transition Assistance Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL FACTORS FOR COUNSELING 3 PATHWAYS OF THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 4 PROGRAM. 5 (a) MEDICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE DISCHARGE.— 6 Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 7 amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jul 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7542.IH H7542 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7542 IH (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘Dis- 1 ability’’ and inserting ‘‘Potential or confirmed med- 2 ical discharge of the member’’; and 3 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘Char- 4 acter’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Potential 5 or confirmed involuntary separation of the member.’’ 6 (b) FAMILY DYNAMICS.—Section 1142(c)(1) of title 7 10, United States Code, as amended by section (a), is fur- 8 ther amended— 9 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as sub- 10 paragraph (R); and 11 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the fol- 12 lowing: 13 ‘‘(M) Child care requirements of the member 14 (including whether a dependent of the member is en- 15 rolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program). 16 ‘‘(N) The employment status of other adults in 17 the household of the member. 18 ‘‘(O) The location of the duty station of the 19 member (including whether the member was sepa- 20 rated from family while on duty). 21 ‘‘(P) The effects of operating tempo and per- 22 sonnel tempo on the member and the household of 23 the member. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:26 Aug 01, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7542.IH H7542 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7542 IH ‘‘(Q) Whether the member is an Indian or 1 urban Indian, as those terms are defined in section 2 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Pub- 3 lic Law 94–437; 25 U.S.C. 1603).’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:17 Jul 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7542.IH H7542 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS