3.0.0 2195 2022-12-31T05:26:31Z 2022-12-31T05:26:31Z Senate S 2021-06-23 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-23T21:44:54Z Veterans and Family Information Act 117 2093 HR 2021-11-22 Became Public Law No: 117-62. Related bill CRS 2021-06-23 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. N Armed Forces and National Security Cemeteries and funerals Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Family services Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives Military personnel and dependents Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-28T15:39:32Z Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make all of its fact sheets available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and each of the 10 most commonly spoken languages not listed. The bill also requires the VA to establish a publicly available website that provides links to all VA fact sheets. Finally, the VA must report to Congress regarding the utilization of such fact sheets as well as the details of the Language Access Plan of the VA.

]]> Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2195is/xml/BILLS-117s2195is.xml 2021-06-23 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.