[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5288]
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  SA 5813. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 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. ___. 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 nonconforming, 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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