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.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
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
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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