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Union Calendar No. 297
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3013
[Report No. 103–538]
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Women’s Bureau
in the Department of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 6, 1993
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. MEEK, Mr. EVANS, Ms.
BROWN of Florida, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FILNER,
Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. UNSOELD, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs.
LLOYD, Mr. SLATTERY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs.
MALONEY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. MCKINNEY,
Mr. CLYBURN, Mrs. MINK, Ms. SNOWE, and Ms. MARGOLIES-
MEZVINSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs
JUNE 9, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. PASTOR, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. DELLUMS, Mrs. KENNELLY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. HARMAN,
Ms. NORTON, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.
PAYNE of Virginia, and Mr. PARKER
JUNE 9, 1994
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 August 6, 1993]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a
Women’s Bureau 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 following
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 functions
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 Secretary for
Benefits, and other Department officials for the estab-
lishment or improvement of programs in the Depart-
ment 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 conduct
of outreach activities to veterans who are women, in
conjunction with outreach activities carried out under
chapter 77 of this title.
‘‘(4) Disseminate information and serve as a re-
source center for the exchange of information regard-
ing innovative and successful programs which im-
prove 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 au-
thorized under this title meet the needs of those veter-
ans, without regard to any law concerning the collec-
tion 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 evalua-
tion.
‘‘(7) Consult with, and provide assistance and
information to, officials responsible for administering
Federal, State, local, and private programs that assist
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 Department’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 research) 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 medi-
cal research of potential benefit 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 fur-
nished 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 submit-
ted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the Presi-
dent’s budget for each fiscal year—
‘‘(1) detailed information on the budget for the
Center;
‘‘(2) the Secretary’s opinion as to whether the re-
sources (including the number of employees) proposed
in the budget for that fiscal year are adequate to en-
able the Center to comply with its statutory and regu-
latory 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 chap-
ter 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.’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title
38, United States Code, to establish a Center for Women
Veterans in the Department of Veterans Affairs.’’.
Union Calendar No. 297
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3013
[Report No. 103–538]
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish
a Women’s Bureau in the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs.
JUNE 9, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed