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H.R. 8449: Veterans’ Sentinel Act

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H.R. 8449: Veterans’ Sentinel Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-30 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-09-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] · 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.
  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

Veterans’ Sentinel Act

Plain summary

Veterans' Sentinel Act This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a pilot program establishing a working group in the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention to collect and analyze data regarding on-campus (i.e., on VA property) suicides and on-campus attempted suicides by veterans. The working group is authorized to implement improvements to the process by which the VA collects data related to on-campus suicides to unify the disparate sources of such data. The VA must annually brief Congress regarding the progress and findings of the working group. The bill requires the VA to (1) annually evaluate the statistical trends of suicides and attempted suicides by veterans that occur on VA property, and (2) determine recommendations for preventing such suicides and attempted suicides. Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to submit a report on (1) the actions the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has taken to meet the priority objective of the VA with respect to preventing veteran suicide, (2) the challenges the office has faced in making such actions, and (3) recommendations for improvements.

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Official text

Veterans’ Sentinel Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] · 16 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Trent Kelly (R-MS), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Josh Harder (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), David P. Joyce (R-OH), André Carson (D-IN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6] reported raising $4.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8449 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116