To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 20, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate one week per year as Battle Buddy Check Week for the purposes of organizing outreach events and educating veterans on how to conduct peer wellness checks. The VA shall ensure that the Veterans Crisis Line has a plan for handling the potential increase in calls that may occur during such week.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2019 to Nov 17, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-IN | Jim Banks | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Oct 16, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| R-WI | Glenn Grothman | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 23, 2020 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Oct 27, 2020 | |
| D-SC | Joe Cunningham | Oct 27, 2020 | |
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Nov 17, 2020 |
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 Sep 11, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 20, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 11, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 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 H8776 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Nov 12, 2019 |
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. 145, September 11, 2019, page H7665.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Commemorative events and holidays
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government information and archives
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Mental health
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 11, 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.
