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HR 4999 113th Congress House

Voices for Veterans Act

Official title: 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, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: June 26, 2014 Introduced by: DelBene, Suzan K. Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodiesSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationVeterans' organizations and recognition
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Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 26, 2014
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 26, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Voices for Veterans Act - Expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2017 (currently, 2014).

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 8
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 16, 2014
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Jul 28, 2014
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· Jul 16, 2014
Cicilline, David
· Jul 8, 2014
Kuster, Ann
· Jul 8, 2014
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Jul 8, 2014
Bass, Karen
· Jun 26, 2014
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 26, 2014
Lee, Barbara
· Jun 26, 2014
Maloney, Sean
· Jun 26, 2014
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 26, 2014
Michaud, Michael
· Jun 26, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 26, 2014
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jun 26, 2014
Polis, Jared
· Jun 26, 2014
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 26, 2014
Speier, Jackie
· Jun 26, 2014
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 26, 2014
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jun 26, 2014
Walz, Timothy
· Jun 26, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4999: Voices for Veterans Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4999/
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"H.R. 4999: Voices for Veterans Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4999/.
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H.R. 4999, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4999/.
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