Voices for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-7420
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2020-06-30
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Voices for Veterans Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Among other responsibilities, the committee advises the Department of Veterans Affairs on the administration of benefits and provision of health care, benefits, and services to minority veterans.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7420 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 30, 2020 Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Lynch , Ms. Norton , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Cox of California , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Espaillat , Mr. Cooper , Mr. Kennedy , Mr. Thompson of California , Ms. Moore , Ms. Eshoo , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Yarmuth , Mrs. Davis of California , Mrs. Hayes , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Horsford , Mr. Luján , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Speier , Mr. Engel , Mrs. Lowey , Ms. Houlahan , Mr. Carson of Indiana , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Himes , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Miss Rice of New York , Ms. Blunt Rochester , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Heck , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Ryan , Ms. Wexton , Ms. Schrier , Ms. Porter , and Mr. Quigley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Voices for Veterans Act . 2. Expansion of membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (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, transgender, or queer . (b) 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.