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H.R. 3730: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 3730: To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-04 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 380 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3730 (2021-11-18), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States to provide advice and guidance to the VA on matters relating to veterans residing in American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. Among other duties, the committee must advise the VA on how to improve its programs and services to better serve veterans living in the listed areas.

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Official text

To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs an Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] · 17 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Julia Brownley (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Ed Case (D-HI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE)

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr3730 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117