Town Halls for Veterans Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3114 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for quarterly town hall meetings for veterans to meet with appropriate employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs at each medical center of the Depart- ment. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 5, 2023 Mrs. RODGERS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for quarterly town hall meetings for veterans to meet with appropriate employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs at each medical center of the Department. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Town Halls for Vet- 4 erans Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 May 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3114.IH H3114 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3114 IH SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TOWN HALL 1 MEETINGS AT MEDICAL CENTERS. 2 The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide for 3 quarterly town hall meetings for veterans at each medical 4 center of the Department. Each such meeting shall include 5 the director of the medical center, or the director’s des- 6 ignee, and the director of the Veterans Integrated Service 7 Network in which the medical center is located, or the di- 8 rector’s designee, and other appropriate employees of the 9 Department, as determined by the Secretary. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:27 May 19, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3114.IH H3114 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS