Sec. 101. Pathways for TAP
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Section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the section heading by striking and inserting medical ; certain in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1), by inserting (regardless of character of discharge) after discharge ; in paragraph (3)(A)— by inserting or other separation after anticipated retirement each place it appears; by striking the second sentence; by striking 90 days and inserting 365 days ; and by striking discharge or release and inserting retirement or other separation ; and in paragraph (3)(B)— by striking 90 and inserting 365 ; and by striking 90-day and inserting 365-day ; by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (d); by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection (c): Each Secretary concerned, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs, shall establish at least three pathways for members of the military department concerned receiving individualized counseling under this section. The Secretaries shall design the pathways to address the needs of members, based on the following factors: Rank. Term of service. Gender. Whether the member was a member of a regular or reserve component of an armed force. Disability. Character of discharge (including expedited discharge and discharge under conditions other than honorable). Health (including mental health). Military occupational specialty. Whether the member intends, after separation, retirement, or discharge, to— seek employment; enroll in a program of higher education; enroll in a program of vocational training; or become an entrepreneur. The educational history of the member. The employment history of the member. Whether the member has secured— employment; enrollment in a program of education; or enrollment in a program of vocational training. Other factors the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs, determine appropriate. Each member described in subsection
(a)shall meet in person or by video conference with a counselor before beginning counseling under this section to— take a self-assessment designed by the Secretary concerned (in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs) to ensure that the Secretary concerned places the member in the appropriate pathway under this subsection; and receive information from the counselor regarding reenlistment in the armed forces; and receive information from the counselor regarding resources— for members of the armed forces separated, retired, or discharged; located in the community in which the member will reside after separation, retirement, or discharge. At the meeting under paragraph (2), the member may elect to have the Secretary concerned (in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs) provide the contact information of the member to the resources described in paragraph (2)(B). ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary concerned shall provide a copy of the joint service transcript of a member described in subsection
(a)to— that member— at the meeting with a counselor under subsection (c)(2); and on the day the member separates, retires, or is discharged; and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the day the member separates, retires, or is discharged. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that a member who has separated, retired, or is discharged may access the joint service transcript of that member from a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs not later than one year after the day the member separates, retires, or is discharged. . Each Secretary concerned shall carry out subsection
(c)of such section, as amended by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than one year after the Secretaries concerned carry out subsection
(c)of such section, as amended by subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a review of the pathways for the Transition Assistance Program established under such subsection (c).