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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3930
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 16, 2021Ms. DelBene (for herself, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Takano, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Norton, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Sánchez, Miss Rice of New York, Ms. Titus, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Carson, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. Cooper) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the 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.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Voices for Veterans Act.
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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.
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(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.