Search Results: keywords:"demographic data collection"

  • H. R. 9806 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Office of Veterans Experience, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:753

    H. R. 9806 proposes the creation of the Office of Veterans Experience within the Department of Veterans Affairs. This office, led by a Chief Veterans Experience Officer, will focus on improving how veterans access and use their benefits by analyzing barriers and collecting...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 9806 wants to make a new office in the government to help veterans—people who used to be in the army—get the benefits they're promised. It also wants to make sure that a special phone line, where veterans can ask for help, is doing a good job.

  • S. 4713 — To amend chapter 11 of title 35, United States Code, to require the voluntary collection of demographic information for patent inventors, and for other purposes.
    Status:Reported to Senate
    Words:1,186

    The bill S. 4713, titled the "Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act of 2024" or the "IDEA Act," proposes changes to chapter 11 of title 35 of the United States Code. It aims to collect demographic information voluntarily from patent inventors, including details like...

    Simple Explanation

    The IDEA Act wants to ask inventors about things like their gender and race when they make something new, to see how different kinds of people are inventing stuff. This information is kept secret and won't change how their invention is checked.