,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjad ,ms4
 ,del,bene 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,takano1  
,mr4 ,michaud1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4       
,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,brownley of           
,california1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick        
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,waxman1   
,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,thompson of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,bass1   
,mr4 ,polis1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1  
,mr4 ,murphy of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,smith of
 ,washington1 and ,mr4 ,walz7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1       
,united ,states ,code1 to extend and    
expand the membership of the ,advisory  
,committee on ,minority ,veterans to    
include veterans who are lesbian1 gay1  
or bisexual and veterans who are        
transgender4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,voices for    
,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,extension and     
expansion of membership of the ,advisory

 ,committee on ,minority ,veterans to   
include veterans who are lesbian1 gay1  
or bisexual and veterans who are        
transgender  7a7 ,expansion of          
membership ,subsection 7a77#b77;,a7 of  
section #edd of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
clause 7iv71 by striking and at the end2
  7#b7 in clause 7v71 by striking the   
period at the end and inserting 2 and 2 
and  7#c7 by inserting after clause 7v7 
the following new clauses3  7vi7        
veterans who are lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1
 or transgender4  4  7b7 ,extension     
,subsection 7e7 of such section is      
amended by striking ,december #ca1 #bjad
 and inserting ,december #ca1 #bjag4    
7c7 ,effective date ,clause 7vi7 of     
section #edd7;a77#b77;,a7 of title #ch1 
,united ,states ,code1 shall apply to   
appointments made on or after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act4