Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the Coast Guard, to design a military service identification card to identify and recognize the service of a member of the Armed Forces after the retirement or other separation of the member from the Armed Forces.
Requires the card to include, at a minimum, the information contained on the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty.
Directs the Secretary concerned to: (1) establish an application process for a person to request such a card, and (2) make the card available to retired and former members of the Armed Forces who retired or were separated before enactment of this Act.
Conditions the issuance of the card upon the payment of an amount sufficient to cover the costs incurred by the United States to manufacture and issue it.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3293 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3293
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of
Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the
Coast Guard) to issue, at no cost to the United States, a military
service identification card to persons who served in the Armed Forces.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 1, 2011
Mr. Bass of New Hampshire (for himself and Mr. Guinta) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of
Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case of the
Coast Guard) to issue, at no cost to the United States, a military
service identification card to persons who served in the Armed Forces.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MILITARY SERVICE IDENTIFICATION CARD.
(a) Establishment and Availability.--Chapter 59 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1166 the following
new section:
``Sec. 1167. Military service identification card: availability and
issuance
``(a) Design and Availability.--The Secretary of Defense (and the
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) shall
design an appropriate identification card (to be known as the `military
service identification card') to identify and recognize the service of
a member of the armed forces after the retirement or other separation
of the member from the armed forces.
``(b) Contents.--At a minimum, the military service identification
card shall include the information contained on the Certificate of
Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214).
``(c) Issuance.--The Secretary concerned shall issue the military
service identification card to an eligible person upon the request of
the person, subject to the payment of the amount required by subsection
(e). In the case of a member of the armed forces who is being separated
from the armed forces and requests the military service identification
card, the Secretary concerned is encouraged to provide for issuance of
the military service identification card as part of any ceremony
conducted in connection with the separation of the member to recognize
the service of the member.
``(d) Application.--The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) shall establish an
application process by which a person can request the military service
identification card.
``(e) Cost.--Issuance of the military service identification card
to a person is conditioned upon the payment of an amount sufficient to
cover the costs incurred by the United States to manufacture and issue
the military service identification card.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard) shall issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
1166 the following new item:
``1167. Military service identification card: availability and
issuance.''.
(c) Retroactive Availability.--
(1) Availability.--The Secretary of Defense (and the
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard)
shall make the military service identification card authorized
by section 1167 of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), available to retired and former members of the
Armed Forces who retired or were separated before the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) Notice.--The Secretaries should widely announce the
availability of the military service identification card
through military and public information channels.
(3) Application process.--The Secretaries shall provide a
mechanism by which a person eligible under paragraph (1) may
apply for the military service identification card.
(4) Cost and issuance.--Subsection (e) of section 1167 of
title 10, United States Code, shall apply with respect to the
issuance of the military service identification card under this
subsection.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
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