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H.R. 2915: Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

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H.R. 2915: Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-06-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-06-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on December 3, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify: (1) VA mental health care and suicide prevention programs that are most effective for women veterans, and (2) those programs with the highest satisfaction rates among women veterans. (Sec. 3) It is the sense of Congress that veterans who experience combat-related mental health wounds should have immediate and consistent access to comprehensive mental health care. The VA shall: establish standards and procedures to ensure that each covered veteran may access VA mental health care in a manner that fully accommodates the veteran's obligation to not improperly disclose classified information; and disseminate guidance to Veterans Health Administration employees, including mental health professionals, regarding these standards and procedures. "Covered veteran" means a veteran who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system; (2) is seeking mental health treatment; and (3) in the course of serving in the Armed Forces participated in a sensitive (classified) mission or served in a sensitive unit primarily involved in training for the conduct of, or conducting, special activities or classified missions.

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Official text

Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 21 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2915, Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act (2015-10-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Lois Frankel (D-FL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] reported raising $580,025 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Obligation
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2915 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114