3.0.0 3187 2023-01-11T13:41:50Z 2023-01-11T13:41:50Z Senate S 2018-07-10 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-10T16:08:37Z 2018-07-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4876-4877) IntroReferral 2018-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Armed Forces and National Security Charitable contributions Commemorative events and holidays Government buildings, facilities, and property Postal service U.S. Postal Service Veterans' organizations and recognition Government Operations and Politics 00 2018-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-21T14:53:49Z Restoring Access, Improving Service to Enable Veterans Engaging To Fundraise Act of 2018 or the RAISE VET FUND Act

This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service to allow veterans service organizations (VSOs) that are recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to solicit donations by distributing items that are veterans symbols at a post office on the two business days before and after a federal holiday or Flag Day. VA-recognized VSOs include certain service organizations that are congressionally chartered and those that are not.

]]> RAISE VET FUND Act Display Title RAISE VET FUND Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize veterans service organizations to solicit donations at post offices before and after Federal holidays. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced RAISE VET FUND Act Short Titles as Introduced Restoring Access, Improving Service to Enable Veterans Engaging To Fundraise Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3187is/xml/BILLS-115s3187is.xml 2018-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4876-4877) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.