Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023
Latest action · Sep 14, 2023 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.
- IntroducedSep 14, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2023 to Sep 17, 2024; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Sep 14, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Sep 18, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Sep 21, 2023 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Feb 27, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Feb 29, 2024 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Mar 7, 2024 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Sep 17, 2024 |
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 Sep 14, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Sep 14, 2023Read twice and referred to the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2357–S2359 | James Lankford R-OK, Patty Murray D-WA, Richard Blumenthal D-CT, Richard J. Durbin D-IL | Mar 12, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5492 | Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Sep 19, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Adoption and foster care
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Family planning and birth control
- Genetics
- Health programs administration and funding
- Medical research
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Research administration and funding
- Sex and reproductive health
- Veterans' medical care
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 14, 2023Introduced 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.
