S 4141 United States Senate · 117th Congress

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.

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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
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President
Introduced May 4, 2022 Last action Jul 13, 2022
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Jul 13, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
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May 4, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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May 4, 2022
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Mazie K. Hirono
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