Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Latest action · Sep 24, 2020 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2019
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring payment from a veteran for any contraceptive item that is required to be covered by health insurance plans without a cost-sharing requirement.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2019 to Sep 22, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 13, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Aug 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Sep 19, 2019 |
Committees 2
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 Jul 17, 2019Markup Mar 12, 2020Reported Sep 22, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 14, 2019Hearings Sep 11, 2019Discharged Mar 12, 2020 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2020 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Sep 23, 2020Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 23, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4770-4772)
- Sep 23, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3798.
- Sep 23, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4770)
- Sep 23, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 22, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 116-529.
- Sep 22, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 429.
- Mar 12, 2020Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
- Mar 12, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 12, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 11, 2019Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Aug 14, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jul 17, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H4770–H4772Text printed H4770 | David P. Roe R-TN, Julia Brownley D-CA, Mark Takano D-CA | Sep 23, 2020 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 8, 2020H.R. 3798, Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on March 12, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 120, July 17, 2019, page H6000.
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. 116-31 | H.R. 3636; H.R. 2972; H.R. 3036; H.R. 2798; H.R. 2645; H.R. 2681; H.R. 3224; H.R. 2982; H.R. 2752; H.R. 2628; H.R. 2816; H.R. 1527; H.R. 1163; H.R. 3798; H.R. 3867; H.R. 4096; DRAFT BILL, TO ESTABLISH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THE OFFICE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES95 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Sep 11, 2019 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46848 | Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-171) and Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-214) | Report | Jul 19, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 239 | Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jul 12, 2021 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for limitations on copayments for contraception furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2020Referred in Senate
- Sep 23, 2020Engrossed in House
- Sep 22, 2020Reported in House
- Jul 17, 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.
