US Congress House Bill 3867 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-0)
Status: Introduced on July 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-09-11 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take actions to improve assistance to veterans who experience domestic 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 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 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 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.

Violence Against Women Veterans Act

Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Kendra Horn [D-OK]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-11	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-08-14	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-07-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2019-07-19	House	Introduced in House

SB2915 (Related) 2019-11-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB3224 (Related) 2019-11-13 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3867/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3867/BILLS-116hr3867ih.pdf