A bill to provide for an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be responsible for monitoring and promoting the access of members of minority groups, including women, to service and benefits furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Summary

Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act to require one of the six Assistant Secretaries of Veterans Affairs to be responsible for monitoring and promoting the access of minority veterans to services and benefits furnished by the Department. Defines "minority veterans" to include blacks, Native Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Asian-Pacific Islander Americans, and women veterans.

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Timeline

1. 9 March 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 March 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 March 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of Management and Budget.

   Source: Committee

4. 9 June 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-469.

   Source: Committee

5. 12 July 1989

   Committee

   Committee on Veterans received executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

   Source: Committee

6. 27 July 1989

   Reported

   Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 13 ordered to be reported.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · — · Download file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssva00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act of 1989