[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 2093 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2093

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
         the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one


                                 An Act


 
 To direct 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.

    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 ``Veterans and Family Information 
Act''.
SEC. 2. FACT SHEETS.
    (a) Languages.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make 
available versions of all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in--
        (1) English;
        (2) Spanish;
        (3) Tagalog; and
        (4) each of the 10 most commonly spoken languages, other than 
    English, in the United States that are not otherwise covered by 
    paragraphs (2) and (3).
    (b) Website.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish and 
maintain a publicly available website of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs that contains links to all fact sheets of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, Veterans Health Administration, and of the National 
Cemetery Administration. The website shall be accessible by a clearly 
labeled hyperlink on the homepage of the Department.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit a 
report to Congress regarding fact sheets described in subsection (a) 
and details of the Language Access Plan of the Department of Veteran 
Affairs. The report shall include the following:
        (1) What the Secretary determines constitutes a fact sheet of 
    the Department for purposes of this Act.
        (2) How such fact sheets are utilized and distributed other 
    than on and through the website of the Department.
        (3) How such Language Access Plan is communicated to veterans, 
    family members of veterans, and caregivers.
        (4) The roles and responsibilities of patient advocates in the 
    coordination of care for veterans with limited English proficiency, 
    family members of such veterans, and caregivers.
        (5) Other demographic information that the Secretary determines 
    appropriate regarding veterans with limited English proficiency.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.