United States HR 4165: Improving Benefits for Underserved Veterans Act

Status: Subcommittee Hearings Held. (as of 2019-10-22)

State: United States · Session: 116 · Bill: HR 4165

Subjects: Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations, Racial and ethnic relations, Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination, Veterans' pensions and compensation

Sponsors: Antonio Delgado, ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Abigail Davis Spanberger, Andre Carson, Ann M. Kuster, Brenda L. Lawrence, Chris Pappas, Debbie Dingell, Debra A. Haaland, Donald M. Payne, Donald S. Beyer, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Ed Case, Elaine G. Luria, Elissa Slotkin, Eric Swalwell, Filemon Vela, Frederica S. Wilson, Gilbert Ray Cisneros, JOHN LEWIS, Jahana Hayes, Jared F. Golden, Jesus G. Garcia, Judy Chu, Kendra S. Horn

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4165
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a report regarding
veterans who receive benefits under laws administered by the Secretary,
disaggregated by sex and minority group member status.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 6, 2019
Mr. DELGADO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a
report regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws
administered by the Secretary, disaggregated by sex and
minority group member status.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Benefits 4
for Underserved Veterans Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. REPORT REGARDING VETERANS WHO RECEIVE 1
BENEFITS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY 2
THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 3
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 4
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
of Veterans Affairs shall publish a report regarding vet-6
erans who receive benefits under laws administered by the 7
Secretary, including the Transition Assistance Program 8
under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United States 9
Code. 10
(b) DATA.—The data regarding veterans published in 11
the report under subsection (a)— 12
(1) shall be disaggregated by— 13
(A) sex; and 14
(B) minority group member status; and 15
(2) may not include any personally identifiable 16
information. 17
(c) MINORITY GROUP MEMBER DEFINED.—In this 18
section, the term ‘‘minority group member’’ has the mean-19
ing given that term in section 544 of title 38, United 20
States Code. 21
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