Transition Improvement by Estimating Risk Act or the TIER Act
This bill adds additional factors for the design of the counseling pathways to address the needs of members of the Armed Forces under the Transition Assistance Program.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish new pathways for 
 counseling in the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of 
                                Defense.

    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 ``Transition Improvement by Estimating 
Risk Act'' or the ``TIER Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PATHWAYS FOR COUNSELING IN THE TRANSITION 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``Disability'' and 
        inserting ``Potential or confirmed medical discharge of the 
        member'';
            (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``Character'' and all 
        that follows and inserting ``Potential or confirmed involuntary 
        separation of the member.'';
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as subparagraph (R); 
        and
            (4) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
            ``(M) Child care requirements of the member (including 
        whether a dependent of the member is enrolled in the 
        Exceptional Family Member Program).
            ``(N) The employment status of other adults in the 
        household of the member.
            ``(O) The location of the duty station of the member 
        (including whether the member was separated from family while 
        on duty).
            ``(P) The effects of operating tempo and personnel tempo on 
        the member and the household of the member.
            ``(Q) Whether the member is an Indian or urban Indian, as 
        those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 
        Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437; 25 U.S.C. 1603).''.
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TIER Act
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish new pathways for counseling in the Transition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense.
TIER Act
Transition Improvement by Estimating Risk Act
Rep. Levin, Mike