3.0.0 2087 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z 2023-03-08T20:12:14Z Senate S 2021-06-16 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-16T21:42:03Z Voices for Veterans Act 117 3930 HR 2021-09-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Related bill CRS 2021-06-16 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-06-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-06-16 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2021-06-16 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2021-06-16 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-06-16 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2021-06-16 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2021-06-16 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-06-16 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-06-17 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-07-29 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2022-06-22 False Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Department of Veterans Affairs Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Veterans' medical care Veterans' organizations and recognition Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-06-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-09T18:07:16Z Voices for Veterans Act 2021

This bill expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex, 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.

]]> Voices for Veterans Act 2021 Official Title as Introduced 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, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex, or queer. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Voices for Veterans Act 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Voices for Veterans Act 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2087is/xml/BILLS-117s2087is.xml 2021-06-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.