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H.R. 4346: Healthy Troops Act

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H.R. 4346: Healthy Troops Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-05-12 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2004-05-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Healthy Troops Act

Plain summary

Healthy Troops Act - Requires predeployment and postdeployment medical examinations of certain members of the armed forces to include self-administered surveys followed by clinical examinations. Specifies that predeployment surveys and examinations shall include: (1) the collection of clinical data; (2) the collection of information on current and past physical or mental health conditions that might affect performance; (3) an assessment of mental health; (4) screening for diseases prevalent among the armed forces; and (5) referrals for any conditions needing further treatment. Specifies that postdeployment surveys and examinations shall include self-reported information about relevant exposures during the period of deployment including combat experience and screening for post-traumatic stress disorder. Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study of the effectiveness of self-administered surveys.

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Official text

Healthy Troops Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] · 126 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and 66 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4346 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108