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H.R. 2452: Deborah Sampson Act

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H.R. 2452: Deborah Sampson Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-16 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] · 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 Veterans' Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Deborah Sampson Act

Plain summary

Deborah Sampson Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a three-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans who are separating or newly separated from the Armed Forces), with emphasis placed on women who suffered service-related sexual trauma or who are at risk of becoming homeless. Additionally, the VA shall: expand the women veterans call center to include a text messaging capability; establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans based upon their 10 highest unmet needs; retrofit VA medical facilities with fixtures, materials, and other outfitting measures to support the care of women veterans; ensure that each VA medical facility has at least one full-time or part-time women's health primary care provider; expand to 14 days VA post-delivery care services for women veterans who are receiving maternity care in a VA or VA-contracted facility; ensure that the women veteran manager program is supported at each VA medical center with a program manager and an ombudsman; collect, analyze, and publish data on each VA service or benefit program and disaggregate such data by sex and minority status; and publish an Internet website that serves as a centralized information source for women veterans' benefits and services. The bill makes funds available for: (1) primary care and emergency care clinicians' participation in the women veterans health care mini-residency program, and (2) organizations that focus on providing assistance to women veterans and their families. The bill: (1) provides for reintegration and readjustment services to veterans and family members in group retreat settings, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress that the VA's motto should be more inclusive.

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Official text

Deborah Sampson Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5] · 76 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mark Takano (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Adam Smith (D-WA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY) and 16 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2452 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115