A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2027
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-06-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill expands the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans by including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals as minority group members. The committee reports on the issues of minority group members in relation to Department of Veterans Affairs programs. </p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2027 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2019 Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Wyden , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Markey , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Sanders , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Harris , Mr. Blumenthal , and Ms. Klobuchar ) 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 expand the scope of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Expansion of scope of Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans Section 544(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. .