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S. 514: Deborah Sampson Act

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S. 514: Deborah Sampson Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-14 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 536.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 536. 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

Deborah Sampson Act

Plain summary

Deborah Sampson Act This bill implements or expands various programs and services related to health care, readjustment assistance, legal and supportive services, newborn care, and benefits for women veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Deborah Sampson Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · 55 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 514, Deborah Sampson Act (2020-11-17)

Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Patty Murray (D-WA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), James E. Risch (R-ID)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s514 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116