H.R. 2898: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2898: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-22 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate one week per year as Buddy Check Week for the purposes of organizing outreach events and educating veterans on how to conduct peer wellness checks. The VA shall ensure that the Veterans Crisis Line has a plan for handling the potential increase in calls that may occur during such week.

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To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · 59 cosponsors

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Julia Brownley (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Bill Foster (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Andy Harris (R-MD), Steve Womack (R-AR), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr2898.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2898 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116