,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cicj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #af1 #bjba,ms4 
,del,bene 7for herself1 ,ms4            
,strickland1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4         
,panetta1 ,ms4 ,moore of ,wisconsin1    
,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4       
,swalwell1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1
 ,ms4 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4       
,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,ms4
 ,snchez1 ,miss ,rice of ,new ,york1    
,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4       
,carson1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1    
,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4       
,meeks1 and ,mr4 ,cooper7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to expand the membership 
of the ,advisory ,committee on ,minority
 ,veterans to include veterans who are  
lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1 transgender1    
gender diverse1 gender non-conforming1  
intersex1 or queer4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,voices  

for ,veterans ,act4  #b4 ,expansion of  
membership of the ,advisory ,committee  
on ,minority ,veterans to include       
veterans who are lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1
 transgender1 gender diverse1 gender    
non-conforming1 intersex1 or queer  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      
clause3  7vi7 veterans who are lesbian1 
gay1 bisexual1 transgender1 gender      
diverse1 gender non-conforming1         
intersex1 or queer4  4  7b7 ,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