3.0.0 3224 2022-11-01T07:02:34Z 2022-11-01T07:02:34Z House HR 2019-06-12 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)][House][Pages H8720-H8721]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. WEXTON:H.R. 4971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, clause 7By Miss. RICE of New York:H.R. 4972.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8ADDITIONAL SPONSORSUnder clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills andresolutions, as follows:H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr.Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas.H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse.H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette.H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi.H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky.H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois.H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr.Rogers ofKentucky.H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch.H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin.H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright.H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez.H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence.H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks.H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond.H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett.H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton.H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford.H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui.H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia.H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin ofMichigan.H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson.H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader.H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms.Dean, and Mr. Grijalva.H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone.H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr.Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez.H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris.H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr.Byrne.H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence.H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr.Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms.Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating.H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, andMr. Larson of Connecticut.H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley.H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng.H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr.Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas.H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi.H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell.H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria.H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio.H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr.Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert.H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch,and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania.H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr.Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy.H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis.H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon.H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer.H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires.H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama.H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto.H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon,Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois.H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia.H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee.H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne.H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin.H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer.H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith ofMissouri, and Mr. Arrington.H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle ofPennsylvania.H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei.H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky.H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski.H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson.H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California.H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda.H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer.H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms.Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio.H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri.H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio.H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters.H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska.H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross.H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr.Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd ofTexas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms.Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]]]> ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-13T16:11:32Z hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Discharged from 2019-10-29T16:58:52Z Hearings by 2019-09-11T18:14:51Z Referred to 2019-06-25T17:07:46Z Reported by 2019-11-12T21:23:04Z Markup by 2019-10-29T17:04:57Z Referred to 2019-06-12T14:00:20Z H. Rept. 116-281 Improving Benefits for Underserved Veterans Act 116 4165 HR 2019-10-22 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish and implement a comprehensive anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 116 4554 HR 2019-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019 116 2645 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Women Veterans Health Care Accountability Act 116 2982 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Caring For Our Women Veterans Act 116 3636 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019 116 2915 S 2019-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Newborn Care Improvement Act of 2019 116 835 S 2019-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act 116 3189 HR 2019-06-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. Related bill CRS Violence Against Women Veterans Act 116 3867 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the availability of prosthetic items for women veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 116 2681 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Building Supportive Networks for Women Veterans Act 116 2798 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the communications of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to services available for women veterans, and for other purposes. 116 2972 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2019-11-13 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-12 19:11:14 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 19:11:13 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 11 (Roll no. 611). (text: CR H8763-8769) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 611 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll611.xml House 116 2019-11-13T00:11:13Z 1 2019-11-12 19:11:13 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 399 - 11 (Roll no. 611).(text: CR H8763-8769) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 611 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll611.xml House 116 2019-11-13T00:11:13Z 1 2019-11-12 19:01:30 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8774-8775) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 18:25:10 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 17:46:55 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3224. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 17:46:51 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8763-8773) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 17:46:50 Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2019-11-12 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 226. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00226 2019-11-12 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-281. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-11-12 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-281. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-10-29 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2019-10-29 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2019-10-29 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Health Discharged. Committee 2019-09-11 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2019-06-25 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2019-06-12 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2019-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 N A000371 Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] Pete Aguilar D CA 31 2019-07-15 False W000826 Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] Susan Wild D PA 7 2019-07-23 False R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2019-08-20 False K000382 Rep. Kuster, Ann M. 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Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] Chrissy Houlahan D PA 6 2019-11-12 False 2019-11-08T16:10:00Z H.R. 3224, Deborah Sampson Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55834 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on October 29, 2019 Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Health facilities and institutions Veterans' medical care Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-06-12 Introduced in House 2020-05-04T15:32:21Z This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that gender-specific services are continuously available at every VA medical center and community-based outpatient clinic. Additionally, the VA must conduct a study, interviewing women veterans and employees, to assess the need for and use of extended hours as a means of reducing barriers to care.

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This bill implements or expands various programs related to health care and benefits for women veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

TITLE I--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

(Sec. 101) The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) must establish the Office of Women's Health for the purpose of providing a central office for monitoring and encouraging the activities of VHA with respect to the provision, evaluation, and improvement of women veterans' health care services. At a minimum, this section requires at least one designated women's health primary care provider at each medical center and at each community-based outpatient clinic.

The Office of Women's Health must ensure that each VA medical facility holds a public forum for women veterans at least biannually. Additionally, each VA medical facility must convene a focus group of women veterans at least quarterly to discuss harassment at such facilities.

(Sec. 102) This section requires the VA to expand the capabilities of the Women Veterans Call Center by including a text messaging capability.

(Sec. 103) The VA must publish a website providing information for women veterans about the benefits and services available to them.

(Sec. 104) This section requires the VA to report on requirements to retrofit existing VA medical facilities with fixtures, materials, and other outfitting measures to support the provision of care to women veterans.

(Sec. 105) The VA must establish a policy under which the environment of care standards and inspections at VA medical centers include certain elements, including a requirement for the frequency of inspections and a remediation plan.

(Sec. 106) This section authorizes an appropriation for the VA Women Veterans Health Care Mini-Residency Program to provide opportunities for participation in such program for primary care and emergency clinicians.

(Sec. 107) The VA must establish a training module for community providers (non-VA health care providers) that is specific to women veterans.

TITLE II--MEDICAL CARE

(Sec. 201) This section requires the VA to ensure that women's health primary care services are available at every VA medical center and community-based outpatient clinic during regular business hours. Additionally, the VA must conduct a study, interviewing women veterans and employees, to assess the need for and use of extended hours as a means of reducing barriers to care.

(Sec. 202) This section expands eligibility for the treatment program for veterans with psychological trauma caused by sexual abuse or harassment that occurred during active military service. Specifically, the section expands eligibility to former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or released from service under a condition that is not honorable, but is not dishonorable or a discharge by court-martial. Additionally, such former members and veterans are eligible for trauma that occurred while on duty, regardless of their duty status or the line of duty determination (determination made regarding whether the member was assaulted while in the line of duty).

(Sec. 203) The Readjustment Counseling Service of the VHA must implement a program to provide reintegration and readjustment services in group retreat settings to specified individuals (e.g., veterans and dependents), including cohorts of certain women veterans who are eligible for readjustment counseling services.

(Sec. 204) This section increases from 7 to 14 the number of days that the VA may furnish health care services, including post-delivery care, to the newborn child of a woman veteran who delivered the child in a VA facility, another facility pursuant to a VA contract for such services, or another location if the child is delivered prior to arrival at a facility. Additionally, the section provides that the VA is authorized to furnish transportation (e.g., via ambulance or air ambulance) for the newborn to receive such health care services. If the child is in need of additional care, the VA may furnish such care and transportation for more than 14 days.

The VA must directly reimburse an entity for such health care services or transportation services, unless such services are covered by an established agreement or contract. Where appropriate, the VA is authorized to provide reimbursement for the 14 day allotment of health care or transportation services furnished to a newborn child between May 5, 2010, and the date of enactment of this bill.

TITLE III--REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Subtitle A--Reports

This subtitle requires the VA to report on and study various issues related to the provision of health care and other benefits for women veterans. Additionally, the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans must include in its biennial report an assessment of the effects of intimate partner violence on women veterans.

Subtitle B--Other Matters

(Sec. 321) This section requires the VA to establish a policy to end harassment and sexual assault, including sexual and gender-based harassment, at its facilities. The VA must also designate points of contact to receive reports of harassment and sexual assault at each VA facility, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), National Cemetery Administration locations, regional benefits offices, and at the Central Office of the VA. Additionally, the VA must establish a policy for addressing harassment and sexual assault at facilities and the VISN.

The intake process for veterans at VA medical facilities must include a survey regarding whether such veterans feels safe in the facility.

(Sec. 322) This section authorizes an appropriation for FY2020 under the Supportive Services for Veterans Families program to provide assistance to organizations that focus on assisting very low-income women veterans and their families who are occupying permanent housing.

(Sec. 323) This section requires the VA to complete an analysis of programs that provide assistance to women veterans who are homeless or precariously housed to identify areas for improvement in such programs.

(Sec. 324) This section requires the VA to establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans. The partnership must focus on the 10 highest unmet needs of women veterans as identified by the Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups (CHALENG) survey.

(Sec. 325) This section requires the VA to implement a program to assist veterans who have experienced or are experiencing intimate partner violence or sexual assault in accessing VA benefits.

(Sec. 326) The VA must consult with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of intimate partner violence and sexual assault among veterans and spouses or intimate partners of veterans.

In addition, the VA must consult with DOJ and the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national task force to develop a comprehensive national program to address intimate partner violence and sexual assault among veterans by integrating VA facilities, services, and benefits into existing networks of community-based intimate partner violence and sexual assault services.

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