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H.R. 2943: Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

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H.R. 2943: Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-23 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

Plain 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.

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Official text

Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2943, Providing Benefits Information in Spanish and Tagalog for Veterans and Families Act (2019-07-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] reported raising $853,124 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2943 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116