Text of US HB 4999 (2014)
Voices for Veterans Act
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113TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4999
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 2014
Ms. DELBENE (for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. NORTON, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY
of New York, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. THOMPSON of California,
Mr. POCAN, Ms. BASS, Mr. POLIS, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MURPHY
of Florida, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Mr. WALZ) introduced the fol-
lowing 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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voices for Veterans
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF
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THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MINORITY
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VETERANS TO INCLUDE VETERANS WHO ARE
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LESBIAN, GAY, OR BISEXUAL AND VETERANS
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WHO ARE TRANSGENDER.
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(a)
EXPANSION
OF
MEMBERSHIP.—Subsection
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(a)(2)(A) of section 544 of title 38, United States Code,
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is amended—
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(1) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the
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end and inserting ‘‘; and’’ ; and
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(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following
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new clauses:
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‘‘(vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
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transgender.’’.
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(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (e) of such section is
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amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2014’’ and inserting
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‘‘December 31, 2017’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Clause (vi) of section
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544(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States Code, shall apply
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to appointments made on or after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act.
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