[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4999 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4999

    To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the 
 membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include 
    veterans who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and veterans who are 
                              transgender.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2014

  Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Michaud, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 McGovern, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New 
 York, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Speier, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Pocan, 
Ms. Bass, Mr. Polis, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. 
Smith of Washington, and Mr. Walz) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the 
 membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include 
    veterans who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual and veterans who are 
                              transgender.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Voices for Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
              ON MINORITY VETERANS TO INCLUDE VETERANS WHO ARE LESBIAN, 
              GAY, OR BISEXUAL AND VETERANS WHO ARE TRANSGENDER.

    (a) Expansion of Membership.--Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section 544 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and'' ; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (v) the following new 
        clauses:
            ``(vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 
        transgender.''.
    (b) Extension.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended by 
striking ``December 31, 2014'' and inserting ``December 31, 2017''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Clause (vi) of section 544(a)(2)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, shall apply to appointments made on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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