3.0.0 4915 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z Senate S 2020-11-18 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-11-18T22:13:17Z Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020 116 8354 HR 2021-01-05 Became Public Law No: 116-288. Identical bill CRS Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. 116 5010 S 2020-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2020-11-18 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7078-7079) IntroReferral 2020-11-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Justice Executive agency funding and structure Fraud offenses and financial crimes Intergovernmental relations Lawyers and legal services Military personnel and dependents Veterans' organizations and recognition Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 00 2020-11-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-12-27T17:37:39Z Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The initiative shall, among other things

  • serve as legal and policy advisor on DOJ's efforts to enforce criminal and civil laws that impact service members, veterans, and their families;
  • develop policy recommendations for improved enforcement of federal law to support service members, veterans, and their families;
  • serve as the liaison and point of contact between DOJ and the military departments;
  • provide counsel for the Office of Justice Programs to ensure that funding decisions take into account service members, veterans, and their families; and
  • enforce federal laws that protect service members and veterans.
]]> Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. Display Title Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. Short Title(s) as Introduced Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020. Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4915is/xml/BILLS-116s4915is.xml 2020-11-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7078-7079) 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.