Docket
117th Congress · HOUSE BILLENACTED

H.R. 2093 — Veterans and Family Information Act

“To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for other purposes.”

Armed forces and national security
Introduced Mar 19, 2021
Last action Nov 22, 2021
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Mar 19, 2021
Step 2
Referred
Apr 14, 2021
Veterans' Affairs · Veterans' Affairs
Step 3
Committee
May 4, 2021
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Nov 2, 2021
Passed Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
Nov 22, 2021
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make all of its fact sheets available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and each of the 10 most commonly spoken languages not listed. The bill also requires the VA to establish a publicly available website that provides links to all VA fact sheets. Finally, the VA must report to Congress regarding the utilization of such fact sheets as well as the details of the Language Access Plan of the VA.

Provisions · 2 sectionsEnrolled
Similar Bills · 1 matches
BillText overlapStatus
S. 2195— Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021
80%
INCORPORATED
Timeline · 19 actions
Nov 22, 2021
Signed by President.
Nov 22, 2021
Became Public Law No: 117-62.
Nov 16, 2021
Presented to President.
Nov 3, 2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 2, 2021
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 2, 2021
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 16, 2021
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jun 15, 2021
Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 15, 2021
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jun 15, 2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2093.
Jun 15, 2021
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
Jun 15, 2021
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 4, 2021
Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
May 4, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 4, 2021
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 6.
Apr 15, 2021
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 14, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 19, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.