S 2195
117th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Family services
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 23, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 23, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make all of its fact sheets available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and each of the 10 most commonly spoken languages not listed. 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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