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H.R. 5431: Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act

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H.R. 5431: Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-09 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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

Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act

Plain summary

Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a three-year pilot program to award grants to health care entities to lease, purchase, or build health care facilities for female patients in order to provide hospital care and medical services to female veterans enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system. For purposes of providing such care and services, a facility leased, purchased, or built under the program shall be deemed to be: (1) a non-VA entity that may provide veterans hospital care and medical services as specified in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014; or (2) if the authority to carry out the program is terminated, an entity otherwise authorized to provide hospital care and medical services pursuant to an agreement entered into by the VA.

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Official text

Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5431 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114