S. 865: Ruth Moore Act of 2015
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S. 865: Ruth Moore Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Ruth Moore Act of 2015
Plain summary
Ruth Moore Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in any case in which a veteran claims that a covered mental health condition was incurred in or aggravated by military sexual trauma during active duty, to: (1) accept as sufficient proof of service-connection a diagnosis by a mental health professional together with satisfactory lay or other evidence of such trauma and an opinion by the mental health professional that such condition is related to such trauma if consistent with the circumstances, conditions, or hardships of such service, notwithstanding the fact that there is no official record of such incurrence or aggravation in such service; and (2) resolve every reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran. Allows such service-connection to be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. Includes as a "covered mental health condition" post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, or any other mental health diagnosis that the Secretary determines to be related to military sexual trauma. Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress in each of 2016 through 2020 on covered claims submitted.
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Ruth Moore Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 17 cosponsors
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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s865.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s865 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114