Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2484
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-09-17
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia

Department of Veterans Affairs

Executive agency funding and structure

Philippines
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas Veterans Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes the operation of the Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in the Philippines through September 30, 2020.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2484 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 17, 2019 Ms. Hirono introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority for operation of a Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Our Commitment to Overseas Veterans Act of 2019 . 2. Extension of authority for operation of Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines, and for other purposes Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking September 30, 2019 and inserting September 30, 2020 .