S.Amdt. 3917

SA 3917. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON MINORITY VETERANS TO INCLUDE VETERANS WHO
ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, GENDER
DIVERSE, GENDER NON-CONFORMING, INTERSEX, OR
QUEER.

(a) Expansion of Membership.--Subsection (a)(2)(A) of
section 544 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following new clause:
``(vi) veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, gender diverse, gender non-conforming, intersex,
or queer.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Clause (vi) of section 544(a)(2)(A) of
title 38, United States Code, shall apply to appointments
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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