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S 4141 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies American Samoa Caribbean area Department of Veterans Affairs Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Guam Marshall Islands Micronesia Northern Mariana Islands Palau Puerto Rico U.S. territories and protectorates Veterans' organizations and recognition Virgin Islands

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 4, 2022 Introduced by: Hirono, Mazie K. Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2022
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
May 4, 2022
Introduced in Senate
May 4, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States to provide advice and guidance to the VA on matters relating to veterans residing in American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Among other duties, the committee must advise the VA on how to improve its programs and services to better serve veterans living in the listed areas.

What's happening now July 13, 2022

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

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