US Congress House Bill 2452 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-21-1)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: House Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Deborah Sampson Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Additionally, the VA shall: expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability; establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans based upon their 10 highest unmet needs; retrofit VA medical facilities with fixtures, materials, and other outfitting measures to support the care of women veterans; ensure that each VA medical facility has at least one full-time or part-time women's health primary care provider; expand to 14 days VA post-delivery care services for women veterans who are receiving maternity care in a VA or VA-contracted facility; ensure that the women veteran manager program is supported at each VA medical center with a program manager and an ombudsman; collect, analyze, and publish data on each VA service or benefit program and disaggregate such data by sex and minority status; and publish an Internet website that serves as a centralized information source for women veterans' benefits and services. The bill makes funds available for: (1) primary care and emergency care clinicians' participation in the women veterans health care mini-residency program, and (2) organizations that focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families. The bill: (1) provides for reintegration and readjustment services to veterans and family members in group retreat settings, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress that the VA's motto should be more inclusive.

Deborah Sampson Act

Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon [R-PR]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-16	House	Introduced in House

SB681 (Related) 2017-05-17 - Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-299.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2452/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2452/BILLS-115hr2452ih.pdf