,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjag,ms4  
,del,bene 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,walz1 ,ms4
 ,esty of ,connecticut1 ,ms4 ,brownley  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,miss     
,rice of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,kuster of    
,new ,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4     
,ros-,lehtinen1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4    
,heck1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 
,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4 
,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1  
,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mr4 ,cartwright1 ,mr4    
,pocan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,lewis of    
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1   
,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4      
,lynch1 ,mr4 ,ryan of ,ohio1 ,mr4       
,welch1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mrs4 ,davis of     
,california1 ,mr4 ,ruiz1 ,mr4 ,kildee1  
,mr4 ,ben ,ray ,lujn of ,new ,mexico1   
,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4  
,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4 ,polis1  
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of     
,california1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1

 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4  
,huffman1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,norcross1 
,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4  
,ellison1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,ms4 ,wilson 
of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of         
,california1 ,mr4 ,larsen of            
,washington1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4     
,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1
 ,mr4 ,yarmuth1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4       
,eshoo1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,wasserman    
,schultz1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4 ,kind1    
,ms4 ,gabbard1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7        
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 bisexual1 or 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 bisexual or 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 and2 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 #bjag and inserting ,december #ca1
 #bjai4  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