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H.R. 915 (114th): Voices for Veterans Act

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The text of the bill below is as of Feb 12, 2015 (Introduced). The bill was not enacted into law.

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114th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 915

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 12, 2015

(for herself, Ms. Brownley of California, Ms. Norton, Ms. Lee, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Polis, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Pocan, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Kuster, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Ms. Maxine Waters of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Farr, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Esty, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Speier, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Ashford, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Peters, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kind, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Titus, Mr. Honda, Ms. Meng, Mr. Heck of Washington, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. Walz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

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, or bisexual and veterans who are transgender.

1.

Short title

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

2.

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

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(b)

Extension

Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking December 31, 2015 and inserting December 31, 2017.

(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.