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HR 2943 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Foreign language and bilingual programs Government information and archives

Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

Introduced: May 23, 2019 Introduced by: Cisneros, Gilbert Ray Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 24, 2019
Received in the Senate.
Jul 23, 2019
Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 23, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 23, 2019
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 23, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7204-7205)
Jul 23, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7204-7205)
Jul 23, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7204-7206)
Jul 23, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2943.
Jul 18, 2019
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-158.
Jul 18, 2019
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 118.
Jun 20, 2019
Committee Hearings Held.
May 23, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 23, 2019
Introduced in House
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Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make all of its fact sheets available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog. The bill also requires the VA to establish a publicly available website that provides links to all VA fact sheets. Finally, the VA must report to Congress regarding the utilization of such fact sheets as well as the details of the Language Access Plan of the VA.

What's happening now July 24, 2019

Received in the Senate.

 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jul 11, 2019
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jul 11, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 11, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2943: Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2943/
MLA
"H.R. 2943: Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2943/.
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H.R. 2943, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2943/.
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