Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- 2021-06-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-23 (00)
Veterans and Family Information Act of 2021
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.
Subjects
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Family services
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Government information and archives
- Military personnel and dependents
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
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