[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4165 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4165

    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a report 
regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws administered by the 
   Secretary, disaggregated by sex and minority group member status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 2019

 Mr. Delgado introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a report 
regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws administered by the 
   Secretary, disaggregated by sex and minority group member status.

    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 ``Improving Benefits for Underserved 
Veterans Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT REGARDING VETERANS WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS UNDER LAWS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall publish 
a report regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws 
administered by the Secretary, including the Transition Assistance 
Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States Code.
    (b) Data.--The data regarding veterans published in the report 
under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall be disaggregated by--
                    (A) sex; and
                    (B) minority group member status; and
            (2) may not include any personally identifiable 
        information.
    (c) Minority Group Member Defined.--In this section, the term 
``minority group member'' has the meaning given that term in section 
544 of title 38, United States Code.
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