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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 23, 2021
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.
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Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D–HI
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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