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117th Congress · House

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.

Subjects: 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

In plain language

  • House bill in the 117th Congress.
  • Requires VA (VA) to establish the Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States.
  • House passed it on Nov 18, 2021 (substantive).
Official 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.

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