House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

H.R. 1211Introduced Feb 26, 2009Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D-SD

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 26, 2009
Committee actionJun 10, 2009
Passed HouseJun 23, 2009 · 408–0
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 24, 2009 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1211.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1211, Women Veterans Health Care Improvements Act” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 10, 2009</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20793
CBO publication date
June 16, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1211, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1211
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1211, Women Veterans Health Care Improvements Act” on June 16, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 10, 2009”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2009 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20793
CBO publication date
June 16, 2009
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1211, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1211
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-165 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 19, 2009.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2009 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/165
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1211, 111th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1211
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 26, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

51 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 42 Democrats

8 of 51 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

John Barrow (D-GA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Susan Davis (D-CA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Parker Griffith (R-AL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress · SD at-large district

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