3.0.0 2915 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z 2022-10-28T02:00:26Z Senate S 2019-11-20 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-20T21:09:32Z Violence Against Women Veterans Act 116 3867 HR 2019-09-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS Deborah Sampson Act 116 3224 HR 2019-11-13 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2019-11-20 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N M001197 Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ] Martha McSally R AZ 2019-11-20 True Armed Forces and National Security Assault and harassment offenses Crime victims Crimes against women Domestic violence and child abuse Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health care coverage and access Sex offenses Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-13T15:53:38Z Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take actions to improve assistance to veterans who experience domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault.

Specifically, the bill requires the VA to implement a program to assist veterans who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault in accessing VA benefits. The VA shall carry out the program in partnership with domestic violence shelters and programs, rape crisis centers, state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, and other appropriate service providers. The bill authorizes the VA to establish local coordinators to provide outreach under the program to effectively assist veterans who have experienced domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault.

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

The VA must consult with DOJ to conduct a national baseline study to examine the scope of the problem of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault among veterans and spouses of veterans.

Finally, the bill requires the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to include in its biennial report an assessment of the effects of intimate partner violence on women veterans.

]]> Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019 Display Title Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Supporting Veteran Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the provision of services and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans who experience domestic violence, intimate partner violence, or sexual assault, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2915is/xml/BILLS-116s2915is.xml 2019-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.