S. 564 — 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.

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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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S. 13Veterans Benefits and Health Care Act of 1989
1989-10-03Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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1989-03-09
Introduced in Senate
1989-03-09
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
1989-03-16
Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Office of Management and Budget.
1989-06-09
Committee on Veterans. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 101-469.
1989-07-12
Committee on Veterans received executive comment from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
1989-07-27
Committee on Veterans. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 13 ordered to be reported.

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.

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