[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4128 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4128

 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a 
report on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 16, 2024

Mr. Tuberville (for himself, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cornyn, 
Ms. Ernst, Mr. Budd, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Thune, Mr. Risch, and 
  Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a 
report on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``VA Abortion Transparency Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON ABORTIONS FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than quarterly 
thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on abortions 
facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Elements.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to, in the case of the initial report, the 90-day 
period preceding the date of the report, and in the case of each 
subsequent report, the quarter covered by the report, the following:
            (1) The total number of abortions facilitated by the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, disaggregated by--
                    (A) whether the abortion was conducted at a medical 
                center of the Department or through a non-Department 
                provider;
                    (B) whether the abortion was surgical or conducted 
                using mifepristone or another abortion drug;
                    (C) whether the abortion was conducted for a 
                veteran or a dependent of a veteran;
                    (D) the number of weeks at which the abortion was 
                conducted;
                    (E) the exception under the laws administered by 
                the Secretary under which the abortion was justified to 
                be conducted; and
                    (F) the Veterans Integrated Service Network and 
                State in which the abortion was conducted.
            (2) Total expenditures for facilitating abortion 
        procedures.
            (3) Total expenditures for staff training related to the 
        facilitation of abortion.
            (4) Total expenditures for infrastructure improvements 
        related to the facilitation of abortion.
            (5) Total expenditures related to the facilitation of 
        abortion that are paid out of the Cost of War Toxic Exposures 
        Fund under section 324 of title 38, United States Code, and an 
        explanation as to why the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund was 
        used for such expenditures.
            (6) The budget line item or line items of the Department 
        through which the Secretary funds the facilitation of abortion.
    (c) Exclusion of Individually Identifiable Patient Information.--
Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall exclude any 
individually identifiable patient information.
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