Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
Latest action · Jun 19, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants for a period of three years to eligible entities for the provision of suicide prevention services to veterans and their families. Under the bill, eligible entities include tribally designated housing entities, community-based organizations, and other private entities that meet certain requirements.
Entities must submit an application to receive financial assistance that includes a description of the services they propose to provide, among other elements.
The bill requires the VA to equitably distribute grants across geographic regions and areas with the most need. Additionally, the VA shall give preference to entities that are experienced in providing suicide prevention services.
Entities receiving funding must notify service recipients that funding is wholly or partially from the VA.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2019 to Jun 10, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Jun 19, 2019 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| R-AR | Tom Cotton | Jul 16, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Jul 29, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Sep 11, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Kelly Loeffler | Jan 21, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Feb 11, 2020 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 10, 2020 |
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 Jun 19, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 19, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6426 | John Hoeven R-ND | Nov 6, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6385 | Marsha Blackburn R-TN | Nov 5, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4688 | John Boozman R-AR | Jul 8, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-408 | SERVICEMEMBER, FAMILY, AND VETERAN SUICIDES AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES57 pages | Armed Services Committee | Dec 4, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3495 | Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act | Identical bill | Dec 5, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate the provision of suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families through the award of grants to such entities, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Improve Well-Being for 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 19, 2019Introduced 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.
