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H.R. 219 · 119th Congress

Improving Menopause Care for Veterans Act of 2025

IntroducedArmed Forces and National Security
IntroducedJan 7, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 219 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Jan 7, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Comptroller General study and report on menopause care furnished by Department of Veterans Affairs
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

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    What it does

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    Improving Menopause Care for Veterans Act of 2025

    This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report on the medical services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans experiencing perimenopause, genitourinary syndrome of menopause, and menopause stages. The VA must also report to Congress on a strategic plan to (1) implement any recommendations GAO makes in its report, (2) improve the quality of menopause care, and (3) improve the access of veterans to menopause care.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 7, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. Feb 11, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
    2. Jan 7, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.House floor actions
    3. Jan 7, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
    4. Jan 7, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Wesley Bell D-MO-1
    • Nikki Budzinski D-IL-13
    • Ed Case D-HI-1
    • Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
    • Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. D-NJ-3
    • Jim Costa D-CA-21
    • Christopher R. Deluzio D-PA-17
    • Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
    • Debbie Dingell D-MI-6
    • Veronica Escobar D-TX-16
    • Josh Gottheimer D-NJ-5
    • Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
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    • Steven Horsford D-NV-4
    • Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
    • Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA-4
    • Timothy M. Kennedy D-NY-26
    • Greg Landsman D-OH-1
    • Rick Larsen D-WA-2
    • Ted Lieu D-CA-36
    • Zoe Lofgren D-CA-18
    • Sarah McBride D-DE-At Large
    • April McClain Delaney D-MD-6
    • Morgan McGarvey D-KY-3
    • James P. McGovern D-MA-2
    • LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
    • Seth Moulton D-MA-6
    • Joe Neguse D-CO-2
    • Donald Norcross D-NJ-1
    • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
    • Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
    • Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
    • Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
    • Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
    • Greg Stanton D-AZ-4
    • Thomas R. Suozzi D-NY-3
    • Dina Titus D-NV-1
    • Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
    • Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
    • Eugene Simon Vindman D-VA-7
    • Frederica S. Wilson D-FL-24