LRB-4694/1
JAM:klm
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
January 21, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Wimberger, Testin,
Bernier, Carpenter, Jacque, Pfaff and Wirch, cosponsored by
Representatives Snyder, Skowronski, Allen, Cabral-Guevara, Edming,
Moses, Shankland, Wichgers and Sinicki. Referred to Committee on
Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism.
SB880,1,2
1An Act relating to: a grant to the Wisconsin Lao Veterans of America, Inc., and
2making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs may make grants from
a certain biennial appropriation to nonprofit organizations in order to provide
financial assistance or other services to veterans and their dependents. The grants
may total up to $250,000 annually, with a limit of $25,000 per recipient. This bill
requires DVA to make from the same appropriation a $20,000 grant in the 2022-23
fiscal year to the Wisconsin Lao Veterans of America, Inc. in order to provide
financial assistance or other services to Hmong-Lao individuals that assisted the
United States during the Vietnam War.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB880,1
3Section
1.
Nonstatutory provisions.
SB880,2,44
(1)
Wisconsin Lao Veterans of America, Inc. grant. Notwithstanding the
5requirement under s. 45.46 that grants under that section be made in order to
6provide financial assistance or other services to veterans and their dependents, from
1the appropriation under s. 20.485 (2) (th) the department of veterans affairs shall
2make a $20,000 grant in the 2022-23 fiscal year to the Wisconsin Lao Veterans of
3America, Inc. for the purpose of providing financial assistance or other services to
4Hmong-Lao individuals that assisted the United States during the Vietnam War.
