House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act
Official title: To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve claims, made under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, regarding military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2025
- Committee actionMay 6, 2025
- Passed HouseMay 19, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — 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. 2201.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2201, Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act” on May 12, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2025 ↗
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- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61393
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2201, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2201
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-98 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 17, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 17, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2201, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2201
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 50, March 18, 2025, Page H1172):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 2201, 119th Congress
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- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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