H.R. 2943 · 116th Congress
Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Gilbert Cisneros
- Introduced
- 2019-05-23
- Latest action
- 2019-07-24 · Received in the Senate.
Summary
Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make all of its fact sheets available in English, Spanish, and Tagalog. 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.