[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7421-S7422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3917. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
                   ON MINORITY VETERANS TO INCLUDE VETERANS WHO 
                   ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, GENDER 
                   DIVERSE, GENDER NON-CONFORMING, INTERSEX, OR 
                   QUEER.

       (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 clause:
       ``(vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
     transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex, 
     or queer.''.
       (b) 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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