Voices for Veterans Act

Bill: 114-hr-915
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2015-02-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2015-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-02-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Voices for Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>Expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. </p> <p>Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2017 (currently, 2015).</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 915 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 12, 2015 Ms. DelBene (for herself, Ms. Brownley of California , Ms. Norton , Ms. Lee , Mr. Rangel , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. McDermott , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Takano , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Polis , Ms. Sinema , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Pocan , Mrs. Davis of California , Ms. Kuster , Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico , Ms. Maxine Waters of California , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Farr , Mr. Cicilline , Ms. Esty , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Speier , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Ashford , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Mr. Peters , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Hahn , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Kind , Mr. Vargas , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Serrano , Ms. Titus , Mr. Honda , Ms. Meng , Mr. Heck of Washington , Mrs. Capps , Mr. Meeks , and Mr. Walz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and veterans who are transgender.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voices for Veterans Act . 2. Extension and expansion of membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and veterans who are transgender (a) Expansion of membership Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 544 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clauses: (vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. . (b) Extension Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking December 31, 2015 and inserting December 31, 2017 . (c) Effective date Clause (vi) of section 544(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply to appointments made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.