Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
Latest action · Jun 30, 2016 Became Public Law No: 114-188.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2016
- Passed SenateJun 7, 2016
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2016
- To the PresidentJun 23, 2016
- Became lawJun 30, 2016Public Law 114-188
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) such programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2016 to Jun 6, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Feb 3, 2016 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 3, 2016 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 3, 2016 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Feb 22, 2016 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Feb 29, 2016 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Mar 8, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Mar 8, 2016 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Mar 9, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Apr 6, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 20, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Apr 28, 2016 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 10, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Jun 6, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 6, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2016Hearings May 24, 2016Discharged Jun 8, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2016Signed by President.
- Jun 30, 2016Became Public Law No: 114-188.
- Jun 23, 2016Presented to President.
- Jun 21, 2016Mr. Miller (FL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- Jun 21, 2016Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4006)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4006Text printed H4006 | Jeff Miller R-FL | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3792 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jun 10, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3597Text printed S3597 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jun 7, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-702 | HEARING ON PENDING LEGISLATION187 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 24, 2016 |
| Serial No. 114-68 | COMBATING THE CRISIS: EVALUATING EFFORTS TO PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDE92 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | May 12, 2016 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
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Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2915 | Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act | Identical bill | Feb 10, 2016 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and suicide prevention programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans as part of the evaluation of such programs by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jun 7, 2016Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 3, 2016Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
