Voices for Veterans Act

H.R. 2827 · 115th Congress · Jun 8, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Voices for Veterans Act”.

Sec. 2 Extension and expansion of membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender

(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 clauses:

“(vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.”

(b)

Extension— Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking “December 31, 2017” and inserting “December 31, 2019”.

(c)

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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Jun 8, 2017viewing Introduced in House Ms. DelBene (for herself, Mr. Walz, Ms. Esty of Connecticut, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Peters, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Takano, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Heck, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Evans, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Rush, Ms. Meng, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Welch, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Mr. Perlmutter, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Polis, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Engel, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Moore, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Kind, Ms. Gabbard, and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Voices for Veterans Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Extension and expansion of membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender

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