Protecting Moms Who Served Act
Latest action · May 13, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Moms Who Served Act
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement the maternity care coordination program. The VA must provide community maternity care providers (i.e., non-VA maternity care providers) with training and support with respect to the unique needs of pregnant and postpartum veterans, particularly regarding mental and behavioral health conditions in relation to the service of the veterans in the Armed Forces.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must report on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity among pregnant and postpartum veterans, with a focus on racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes for veterans.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2021 to May 11, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Mar 19, 2021 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Mar 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Mar 29, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 19, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | May 11, 2021 |
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 Feb 8, 2021Markup May 5, 2021Reported May 12, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 16, 2021Hearings Apr 15, 2021Discharged May 4, 2021 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred May 13, 2021 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- May 12, 2021Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 117-30.
- May 12, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 15.
- May 12, 2021Mr. Takano moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 12, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2215-2217)
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 H2215–H2217Text printed H2215 | Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Julia Brownley D-CA, Lauren Underwood D-IL, Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL | May 12, 2021 |
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
- May 11, 2021H.R. 958, Protecting Moms Who Served ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 4, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 23, February 8, 2021, page H484.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 346 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2021 |
| S 796 | Protecting Moms Who Served Act of 2021 | Related bill | Nov 30, 2021 |
| HR 959 | Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021 | Related bill | Apr 23, 2021 |
| HR 8862 | PRO–LIFE Act of 2022 | Related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To codify maternity care coordination programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Moms Who Served Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protecting Moms Who Served Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Protecting Moms Who Served Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Protecting Moms Who Served Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Congressional oversight
- Employment and training programs
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Indian social and development programs
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority health
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Sex and reproductive health
- Sex offenses
- Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's employment
- Women's health
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2021Referred in Senate
- May 12, 2021Engrossed in House
- May 12, 2021Reported in House
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced 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.
