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<dc:title>116 HR 4165 IH: Improving Benefits for Underserved Veterans Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2019-08-06</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">116th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4165</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20190806">August 6, 2019</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="D000630">Mr. Delgado</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HVR00">Committee on Veterans' Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">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.</official-title></form>
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 <section id="H1FB97D76D85446E2A2B7B5D29E3CDB7D" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Improving Benefits for Underserved Veterans Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H7C2B099C94804D4EAB55291B57D0ABDA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Report regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs</header> <subsection id="H27DC4CF1AD4D4CF19912E8AD85DF5CC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H6B60B8839800432EB429619A601F6982"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The data regarding veterans published in the report under subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph id="HB473BBAF51D0471598792F1BDD92C226"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be disaggregated by—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H0CDC753E93944D68B2804E602DF1E4EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sex; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5330F84BE6714DBD84F25048682B1426"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minority group member status; and</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0BD42A4314F94E94BB50966652E5CB56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not include any personally identifiable information.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H430459D7C3B142A2BC376252A681C022"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minority group member defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>minority group member</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 544 of title 38, United States Code.</text>
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