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Union Calendar No. 118 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2943 

[Report No. 116–158] 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs in English and Spanish. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Mr. CISNEROS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

JULY 18, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Ms. MUCARSELPOWELL, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mr. GALLEGO

JULY 18, 2019 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 23, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all 

fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs in 

English and Spanish. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Benefits In5 formation in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Fami6 lies Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FACT SHEETS. 

8 (a) LANGUAGES.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

9 shall make versions of all fact sheets of the Department of 

10 Veterans Affairs in English, Spanish, and Tagalog. 

11 (b) WEBSITE.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 

12 establish and maintain a publicly available website of the 

13 Department of Veterans Affairs that contains links to all 

14 fact sheets of the Veterans Benefits Administration, Vet15 erans Health Administration, and of the National Cemetery 

16 Administration. The website shall be accessible by a clearly 

17 labelled hyperlink on the homepage of the Department. 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Af20 fairs shall submit a report to Congress regarding fact sheets 

21 described in subsection (a) and details of the Language Ac22 cess Plan of the Department of Veteran Affairs. The report 

23 shall include the following: 

24 (1) What the Secretary determines constitutes a 

25 fact sheet of the Department for purposes of this Act. 


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1 (2) How such fact sheets are utilized and distrib2 uted other than on and through the website of the De3 partment. 

4 (3) How such Language Access Plan is commu5 nicated to veterans, family members of veterans, and 

6 caregivers. 

7 (4) The roles and responsibilities of patient ad8 vocates in the coordination of care for veterans with 

9 limited English proficiency, family members of such 

10 veterans, and caregivers. 

11 (5) Other demographic information that the Sec12 retary determines appropriate regarding veterans 

13 with limited English proficiency. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to direct the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs in English, Spanish, 

and Tagalog.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 118 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2943 

[Report No. 116–158] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make 

fairs in English and Spanish. all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans AfJULY 18, 2019 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:45 Jul 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H2943.RH H2943

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