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S 3128 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Veterans Affairs Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Religion

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the Chaplain Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 19, 2019 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Dec 19, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill reorganizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chaplain Service, allows chaplains to provide clinical services, and prohibits the VA from requiring chaplains to perform any rite, ritual, or ceremony that is contrary to their conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs.

What's happening now December 19, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3128: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the Chaplain Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3128/
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"S. 3128: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the Chaplain Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3128/.
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S. 3128, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3128/.
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[S. 3128: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reorganize the Chaplain Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3128/)
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