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H.R. 2734: Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

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H.R. 2734: Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-21 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

Plain summary

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021 This bill addresses fertility treatments, counseling, and other health-related programs for veterans and members of the Armed Forces. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide fertility treatments and counseling to covered veterans and active duty service members or a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate of such veteran or service member. A covered veteran or service member is a former or current member of the Armed Forces who has an infertility condition, unless it is demonstrable that the individual was completely infertile prior to serving in the Armed Forces. In the case of in vitro fertilization treatment, DOD and the VA may not furnish more than three completed cycles or six attempted cycles, whichever occurs first. DOD must establish procedures related to gamete retrieval and storage. Additionally, DOD must provide service members with the opportunity to cryopreserve and store their gametes prior to deployment to a combat zone or a hazardous duty assignment. DOD and the VA must share best practices and facilitate referrals for the furnishing of fertility treatment and counseling to eligible individuals. Fertility counseling and treatment are included within authorized VA medical services. The VA may pay the adoption expenses (for up to three adoptions) for a covered member who is enrolled in the VA health care system. The VA must facilitate specified reproduction and infertility research conducted collaboratively by DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services.

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

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Official text

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] · 49 cosponsors

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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Lucy McBath (D-GA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2734 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117