103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3013
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Center
for Women Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CENTER FOR WOMEN VETERANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 3 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 318. Center for Women Veterans
‘‘(a) There is in the Department a Center for Women
Veterans. There is at the head of the Center a Director.
‘‘(b) The Director shall be a noncareer appointee in
the Senior Executive Service. The Director shall be ap-
pointed for a term of six years.
‘‘(c) The Director reports directly to the Secretary
or the Deputy Secretary concerning the activities of the
Center.
‘‘(d) The Director shall perform the following func-
tions with respect to veterans who are women:
‘‘(1) Serve as principal adviser to the Secretary
on the adoption and implementation of policies and
programs affecting veterans who are women.
‘‘(2) Make recommendations to the Secretary,
the Under Secretary for Health, the Under Sec-
retary for Benefits, and other Department officials
for the establishment or improvement of programs in
the Department for which veterans who are women
are eligible.
‘‘(3) Promote the use of benefits authorized by
this title by veterans who are women and the con-
duct of outreach activities to veterans who are
women, in conjunction with outreach activities car-
ried out under chapter 77 of this title.
‘‘(4) Disseminate information and serve as a re-
source center for the exchange of information re-
garding innovative and successful programs which
improve the services available to veterans who are
women.
‘‘(5) Conduct and sponsor appropriate social
and demographic research on the needs of veterans
who are women and the extent to which programs
authorized under this title meet the needs of those
veterans, without regard to any law concerning the
collection of information from the public.
‘‘(6) Analyze and evaluate complaints made by
or on behalf of veterans who are women about the
adequacy and timeliness of services provided by the
Department and advise the appropriate official of
the Department of the results of such analysis or
evaluation.
‘‘(7) Consult with, and provide assistance and
information to, officials responsible for administering
Federal, State, local, and private programs that as-
sist veterans, to encourage those officials to adopt
policies which promote the use of those programs by
veterans who are women.
‘‘(8) Advise the Secretary when laws or policies
have the effect of discouraging the use of benefits by
veterans who are women.
‘‘(9) Publicize the results of medical research
which are of particular significance to veterans who
are women.
‘‘(10) Advise the Secretary and other appro-
priate officials on the effectiveness of the Depart-
ment’s efforts to accomplish the goals of section
492B of the Public Health Service Act (relating to
the inclusion of women and minorities in clinical re-
search) and of particular health conditions affecting
womens’ health which should be studied as part of
the Department’s medical research program and
promote cooperation between the Department and
other sponsors of medical research of potential bene-
fit to veterans who are women.
‘‘(11) Provide support and administrative serv-
ices to the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans
established under section 542 of this title.
‘‘(12) Perform such other duties consistent with
this section as the Secretary shall prescribe.
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall ensure that the Director is
furnished sufficient resources to enable the Director to
carry out the functions of the Center in a timely manner.
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall include in documents sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the
President’s budget for each fiscal year—
‘‘(1) detailed information on the budget for the
Center;
‘‘(2) the Secretary’s opinion as to whether the
resources (including the number of employees) pro-
posed in the budget for that fiscal year are adequate
to enable the Center to comply with its statutory
and regulatory duties; and
‘‘(3) a report on the activities and significant
accomplishments of the Center during the preceding
fiscal year.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘318. Center for Women Veterans.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 317(c) of
such title is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘who is—’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘who is any of the following:’’;
(2) by striking out the semicolon at the end of
paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting in lieu
thereof a period;
(3) by striking out ‘‘; or’’ at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
(4) by striking out paragraph (6).
SEC. 2. MEETINGS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WOMEN
VETERANS.
Section 542(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) The Committee shall meet as often as the Sec-
retary considers necessary or appropriate, but not less
often than twice each fiscal year.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3013
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish
a Center for Women Veterans in the Department
of Veterans Affairs.