H.R. 5492 · 118th Congress

Veteran Families Health Services Act of 2023

Introduced on Sep 14, 2023 by Rick Larsen (D-WA-2). 36 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 19, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 14, 2023
Cosponsors
36
0 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to certain members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their spouses or partners, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Genetics
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Medical research
  • Military medicine
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Research administration and funding
  • Sex and reproductive health
  • Veterans' medical care
  • Women's health

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Rick LarsenD-WA-2Sponsor

Democrats · 36

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 14, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Sep 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Sep 14, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Sep 19, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $475.2K reported (all issues)
  2. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS5 reports
    $749.7K reported (all issues)
  3. American Society for Reproductive Medicine4 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  4. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.4 reports
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FERRING PHARMACEUTICALS INC$45.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. Susan B Anthony List4 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  6. The American Legion2 reports
    $380K reported (all issues)
  7. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists1 report
    $170K reported (all issues)
  8. HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.