[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2093 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2093
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one
An Act
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make all fact sheets of
the Department of Veterans Affairs available in English, Spanish, and
Tagalog, and other commonly spoken languages, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans and Family Information
Act''.
SEC. 2. FACT SHEETS.
(a) Languages.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall make
available versions of all fact sheets of the Department of Veterans
Affairs in--
(1) English;
(2) Spanish;
(3) Tagalog; and
(4) each of the 10 most commonly spoken languages, other than
English, in the United States that are not otherwise covered by
paragraphs (2) and (3).
(b) Website.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish and
maintain a publicly available website of the Department of Veterans
Affairs that contains links to all fact sheets of the Veterans Benefits
Administration, Veterans Health Administration, and of the National
Cemetery Administration. The website shall be accessible by a clearly
labeled hyperlink on the homepage of the Department.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit a
report to Congress regarding fact sheets described in subsection (a)
and details of the Language Access Plan of the Department of Veteran
Affairs. The report shall include the following:
(1) What the Secretary determines constitutes a fact sheet of
the Department for purposes of this Act.
(2) How such fact sheets are utilized and distributed other
than on and through the website of the Department.
(3) How such Language Access Plan is communicated to veterans,
family members of veterans, and caregivers.
(4) The roles and responsibilities of patient advocates in the
coordination of care for veterans with limited English proficiency,
family members of such veterans, and caregivers.
(5) Other demographic information that the Secretary determines
appropriate regarding veterans with limited English proficiency.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.