[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3591 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3591
To require the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, to develop a notice detailing benefits available
to veterans, and to require employers to display such notice, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 7, 2026
Mr. King (for himself and Mr. Banks) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, to develop a notice detailing benefits available
to veterans, and to require employers to display such notice, 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 ``Thomas M. Conway Veterans Access to
Resources in the Workplace Act''.
SEC. 2. DISPLAY OF VETERANS BENEFITS NOTICE.
(a) Display Requirement.--Each employer shall post and keep posted,
in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer where notices to
employees and applicants for employment are customarily posted, the
notice developed under subsection (b) for the State in which such
premises is located.
(b) Notice.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Development; publication.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 270 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor (acting through the
Veterans' Employment and Training Service), in
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs (in consultation with the Veterans
Experience Office), shall develop and publish a
notice for each State detailing benefits for
veterans under the laws administered by such
Secretaries.
(ii) Benefits under state law.--The
Secretary of Labor shall ensure that each State
is given a 45-day period to provide information
on benefits for veterans under State law to be
included in the notice for such State.
(B) Review.--
(i) In general.--Not less frequently than
twice each year, the Secretary of Labor, in
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, shall review, and update as necessary,
each notice developed under this paragraph.
(ii) State updates.--In carrying out clause
(i), the Secretary of Labor shall ensure that
each State is given the opportunity to update
the information included in the notice for such
State.
(2) Contents.--Each notice developed under paragraph (1)
shall at a minimum include information on the following:
(A) The Veterans Crisis Line.
(B) How to apply for the benefits described in
paragraph (1)(A).
(C) Information on benefits for veterans under the
law of the applicable State, if the State provides such
information as described in paragraph (1).
(3) Publication; design.--Each notice developed under
paragraph (1) shall be--
(A) made publicly available on the websites of the
Department of Labor and the Department of Veterans
Affairs; and
(B) designed to be published on an 8.5-inch by 11-
inch sheet of paper.
(c) Information Campaign.--During the 180-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct an
information campaign to inform employers of--
(1) the notices developed under subsection (b); and
(2) the requirement to display the notice under subsection
(a).
(d) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Employee; person.--The terms ``employee'' and
``person'' have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).
(2) Employer.--
(A) In general.--The term ``employer''--
(i) means any person engaged in commerce or
in any industry or activity affecting commerce
who employs 50 or more employees for each
working day during each of 20 or more calendar
workweeks in the current or preceding calendar
year; and
(ii) includes--
(I) any person who acts, directly
or indirectly, in the interest of an
employer to any of the employees of
such employer;
(II) any successor in interest of
an employer;
(III) any public agency (as defined
in section 3(x) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
203(x)));
(IV) the Government Accountability
Office; and
(V) the Library of Congress.
(B) Public agency.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A)(ii)(III), a public agency shall be considered to be
a person engaged in commerce or in an industry or
activity affecting commerce.
(3) State.--The term ``State'' includes each of the several
States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United
States Virgin Islands.
(e) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as specified in paragraph (2), the
provisions of this Act shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Effective date for display requirement.--Subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date that is one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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