ETS Act

This bill makes changes to the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), which helps military members prepare for civilian life after leaving the service. It sets minimum times for counseling sessions, stops people whose job is to keep service members in the military from giving the counseling, expands financial planning advice to cover topics like debt and investing, and requires yearly reviews of the counseling by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor. If a military branch thinks someone may have a hard time adjusting to civilian life, it must share that person's information with the VA and the Department of Labor, who then must reach out to help. The bill also extends transitional health care from 180 days to 270 days for members leaving the military, opens up certain job counseling and training services to service members who haven't left yet, and requires the VA to share TAP materials with veterans and study how well the program is working.

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