S106-118

Reported

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jan 26, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators. The main policy domain is Labor, Transportation, Civil Rights.

Who Benefits and How

workers, employers, and labor regulators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, workers, employers, and labor regulators may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id19fb43f301814e6ca35785389bacacfd: 1. Authority for Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans Chapter 63 of title 38, United States Code, is...
  • Section idf4ad342f06124a50a39b08d98f28ee1f: 6307. Grants to States to improve outreach to veterans It is the purpose of this section to provide for assistance by the Secretary to States to carry out...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Key Policy Areas

Labor, Transportation, Civil Rights

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to award grants to States to improve outreach to veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting workers, employers, and labor regulators.

Policy Domains

Labor Transportation Civil Rights

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • workers, employers, and labor regulators
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federal implementing agencies: ,
workers, employers, and labor regulators: ,

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 10, 2023

Reported by Mr. Tester, with an amendment

Jan 26, 2023

Ms. Baldwin (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) introduced the following …

Jan 26, 2023

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Cramer, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Veterans
6 mentions across 4 clauses
+6 positive

Underserved veteran populations (Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, elderly, women), Veterans and their families

State & Local Government
6 mentions across 4 clauses
+4 positive -2 negative

State governments, State governments receiving grants

State governments receiving grants faces effects in multiple directions

Government
6 mentions across 4 clauses
+4 positive -2 negative

County and tribal veterans service officers, Department of Veterans Affairs

Positive-direction: County and tribal veterans service officers

Negative-direction: Department of Veterans Affairs

Taxpayers
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Taxpayers

5/6
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Labor Transportation Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"covered outreach" §id19fb43f301814e6ca35785389bacacfd

outreach with respect to— benefits administered by the Under Secretary for Benefits

"covered outreach" §idf4ad342f06124a50a39b08d98f28ee1f

outreach with respect to— benefits administered by the Under Secretary for Benefits

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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