S. 3938: TAP Promotion Act

119th Congress · introduced 2026-02-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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TAP Promotion Act

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TAP Promotion Act This bill requires that pre-separation counseling under the Transition Assistance Program include a presentation that promotes the benefits available to veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The bill also requires the VA to annually report on the presentation to (1) identify veterans service organizations that participate, (2) provide the number of members of the Armed Forces who attend, and (3) provide any recommendations for changes to the presentation.

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TAP Promotion Act

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Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] · 32 cosponsors

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Kevin Cramer (R-ND), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), James E. Risch (R-ID), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Rick Scott (R-FL), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Ashley Moody (R-FL), David McCormick (R-PA), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), John Fetterman (D-PA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), James C. Justice (R-WV), Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] reported raising $72,269 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119s3938.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/s>

Record fed-us-cong119-s3938 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills