Voices for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-2827
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-08
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2017-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Voices for Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>This bill: (1) expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and (2) extend the Commission through December 31, 2019.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2827 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2017 Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Walz , Ms. Esty of Connecticut , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Peters , Miss Rice of New York , Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire , Mr. Takano , Ms. Ros-Lehtinen , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Heck , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Evans , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Rush , Ms. Meng , Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York , Ms. Sinema , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Norton , Mr. Lewis of Georgia , Mr. Nadler , Mrs. Lowey , Ms. Tsongas , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Ryan of Ohio , Mr. Welch , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Jeffries , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mrs. Davis of California , Mr. Ruiz , Mr. Kildee , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Langevin , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Polis , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Norcross , Ms. Shea-Porter , Ms. Speier , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Slaughter , Ms. Wilson of Florida , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. DeGette , Mr. Engel , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Yarmuth , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Eshoo , Ms. Moore , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Kind , Ms. Gabbard , and Mr. Raskin ) 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, bisexual, or 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, bisexual or 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, 2017 and inserting December 31, 2019 . (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.