Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 275.
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.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to evaluate and report on research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women’s health among members and former members of the uniformed services (i.e., Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
Such evaluation must also examine (1) any gaps in knowledge and research on menopause treatments and the relation of service in the uniformed services to perimenopause and menopause, (2) the availability and uptake of professional training resources for DOD- or VA-employed providers relating to mid-life women’s health, and (3) the availability of and uptake of treatments for women in the uniformed services or veterans who are experiencing perimenopause or menopause. The report must include a strategic plan that resolves the gaps in knowledge and research.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2025 to Jan 14, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Apr 8, 2025 |
| R-WV | James C. Justice | Jul 9, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Sep 8, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Sep 29, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Oct 7, 2025 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Jan 14, 2026 |
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 Apr 8, 2025Hearings May 21, 2025Markup Jul 30, 2025Reported Dec 2, 2025 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 275.
- Dec 2, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with amendments. Without written report.
- Jul 30, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
- May 21, 2025Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-86.
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 8, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 9, 2025S. 1320, Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 30, 2025
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4784 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 | Related bill | Jul 27, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain steps regarding research related to menopause, perimenopause, or mid-life women's health, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Servicewomen and Veterans Menopause Research Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2025Reported to Senate
- Apr 8, 2025Introduced 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.
