3.0.0 2761 2022-12-31T05:35:20Z 2022-12-31T05:35:20Z Senate S 2021-09-20 117 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2021-12-15T21:17:35Z Hearings by 2021-11-17T19:30:30Z Referred to 2021-09-20T20:36:22Z Every Veteran Counts Act of 2021 117 5295 HR 2021-09-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Identical bill CRS 2021-12-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2021-11-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-09-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2021-09-20 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 Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Department of Veterans Affairs Government information and archives Performance measurement Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2021-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-12T17:42:29Z Every Veteran Counts Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a database of specified demographics (e.g., age) of veterans. The data must be in a machine-readable format and anonymized to protect sensitive personal information.

The VA must provide access to the database on a publicly accessible website that is updated at least once a year.

Additionally, the VA must report on the progress, challenges, performance, and opportunities of implementing its data strategy. The report must be made available on the VA's open data website in a machine-readable format.

]]> Every Veteran Counts Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain demographic information regarding veterans and publish such information on a website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Every Veteran Counts Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Every Veteran Counts Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2761is/xml/BILLS-117s2761is.xml 2021-12-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. 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.