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H.R. 5776: Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act

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H.R. 5776: Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-28 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 11. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act

Plain summary

Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act This bill establishes a Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Veterans within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Among other functions, the center must serve as principal adviser to the VA on the adoption and implementation of policies and programs affecting veterans who are LGBTQ.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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A “Yea” vote

If it passes both chambers and is signed, it becomes law.

A “Nay” vote

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2] · 44 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5776, Serving Our LGBTQ Veterans Act (2022-09-26)

Cosponsors on this site

Nancy Mace (R-SC), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ed Case (D-HI), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jim Costa (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Steven Horsford (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), Sean Casten (D-IL), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5776 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117