Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedJun 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs 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.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 10, 2019 to Oct 17, 2019; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Jun 10, 2019 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Oct 17, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 10, 2019 |
| Economic Opportunity Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- Jun 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 96, June 10, 2019, page H4389.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-30 | COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS MEMBER DAY112 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 10, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 514 | Deborah Sampson Act | Related bill | Sep 15, 2020 |
| HR 3224 | Deborah Sampson Act | Related bill | Nov 13, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a partnership to provide legal services to women veterans, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2019Introduced in House
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.
