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Streamline Upgrades for Veterans Act
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit a reduction in the number of personnel assigned to duty with a service review agency, to direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report regarding consideration of reviews and appeals of discharges or dismissals, based on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to post a summary of such report online, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill extends a prohibition on reducing personnel assigned to service review agencies through December 31, 2030. The bill requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress within 180 days on the time periods required for military discharge and dismissal review boards to make determinations in cases involving post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury. The report must analyze time periods by military department, explain differences between departments, and include recommendations to expedite case consideration. The executive summary of the report must be published on websites of the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs for public access. The Secretary of Defense must brief appropriate congressional committees on the report's findings within 30 days of submission.
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- Mar 16, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Mar 16, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 2026
Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself and Mr. Moylan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit a reduction in the number of personnel assigned to duty with a service review agency, to direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a report regarding consideration of reviews and appeals of discharges or dismissals, based on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to post a summary of such report online, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This act may be cited as the “Streamline Upgrades for Veterans Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO DUTY WITH A SERVICE REVIEW AGENCY.
Section 1559(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Before December 31, 2025” and inserting “During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Streamline Upgrades for Veterans Act and ending on December 31, 2030”.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON TIME REQUIRED FOR A BOARD TO CONSIDER A REVIEW OF A DISCHARGE OR DISMISSAL FROM THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON MATTERS RELATING TO POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
(a) Report Required.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding the periods required for a board established under section 1552 or 1553 of title 10, United States Code, to make a determination in a case involving liberal consideration.
(2) Elements.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An analysis of the time of such periods, disaggregated by military department.
(B) An explanation of the differences between such periods, disaggregated by military department.
(C) The number of personnel assigned to review, process, and consider such cases.
(D) Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, which the Secretary may develop in consultation with Federal entities that serve members of the Armed Forces or veterans, to expedite the consideration of such cases.
(3) Form.—The report shall be submitted in unclassified form.
(4) Publication.—The executive summary of the report shall be published on a publicly accessible website of—
(A) the Department of Defense; and
(B) the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Briefing.—Not later than 30 days after submitting the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of such report.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate.
(2) The term “liberal consideration” is used as such term is used in section 1552(h) and 1553(d) of title 10, United States Code. <all>
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