To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Chief Minority Affairs Officer of the Department.
PL 102-218 (H.R.3327), enacted 12/11/1991

PUBLIC LAW 102-218—DEC. 11, 1991 
105 STAT. 1671 
Public Law 102-218 
102d Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the designation of an Assistant 
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Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Chief Minority Affairs 
Officer of the Department. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHIEF MINORITY AFFAIRS OFFICER. 
(a) CHIEF MINORITY AFFAIRS OFFICER.—Chapter 3 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
"§ 317. Chief Minority Affairs Officer 
"(a) The Secretary shall designate one of the Assistant Secretaries 
of the Department as the Chief Minority Affairs Officer of the 
Department. 
"(b) The Chief Minority Affairs Officer shall have the following 
duties: 
"(1) To investigate and examine the policies, regulations, 
programs, and other activities of the Department as they affect 
minority group members who are veterans or receive benefits 
from the Department. 
"(2) To assess the needs of minority group members who are 
veterans or who receive benefits from the Department as those 
needs relate to the activities of, and benefits provided by, the 
Department and to evaluate the manner and extent to which 
the activities of, and benefits provided, by the Department 
fulfill those needs. 
"(3) To advise the Secretary regarding the effect on minority 
group members of policies, regulations, programs, and other 
activities of the Department and of methods to ensure that 
minority group members are afforded an opportunity to partici-
pate fully in the activities and benefits of the Department. 
"(4) To carry out any additional functions and activities that 
the Secretary prescribes with regard to minority group mem-
bers who are veterans or who receive benefits from the 
Department. 
"(c) In this section, the term 'minority group member' means an 
individual who is— 
"(1) Asian American; 
"(2) Black; 
"(3) Hispanic; 
"(4) Native American (including American Indian, Alaskan 
Native, and Native Hawaiian); 
"(5) Pacific-Islander American; or 
"(6) female. 
"(d) Not less than every two years, the Secretary shall submit to Reports, 
the Congress a report containing a detailed description of any 
activities and policies of the Department relating to minority group 
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members who are veterans or who receive benefits from the Depart-
ment and the duties of the Chief Minority Affairs Officer, with 
respect to the previous two-year period.". 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning 
of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
"317. Chief Minority Affairs Officer.". 
Approved December 11, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3327: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-347 (Comm. on Veterans' Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
Nov. 25, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 27, considered and passed Senate.