# 117-hr-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.

117-hr-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., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3730
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-3730
- Congress: 117
- 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.
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced: 2021-06-04
- Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] (D-MP)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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.

## Cosponsors (17)

- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2021-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI), 2021-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2021-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2021-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2021-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2021-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-11-18T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 420 | 4 |

## Related bills

- 117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Build…
- 117-hr-3807: Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022
- 117-hr-3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act
- 117-hr-2252: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021
- 117-hr-1282: Major Richard Star Act
- 117-hr-903: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022

## Sources
- [117-hr-3730 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3730)

## Related
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-3807: Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3807)
- [117-hr-3630: Lymphedema Treatment Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3630)
- [117-hr-2252: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2252)
- [117-hr-1282: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1282)
- [117-hr-903: Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-903)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3730 (as of 2025-11-18).