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Weekly Legislative Update: August 12, 2019

Congressional Schedule: August 12, 2019

The House and Senate are in recess until September 9.

We will publish the next edition of the Weekly Legislative Update when Congress returns from its August recess.


Bills Introduced: August 5-9, 2019

Veterans

H.R. 4165—Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-NY)/Veterans’ Affairs (8/6/19)—A bill to direct the secretary of Veterans Affairs to publish a report regarding veterans who receive benefits under laws administered by the secretary, disaggregated by sex and minority group member status.

H.R. 4182—Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)/Veterans’ Affairs (8/9/19)—A bill to improve the efforts of the Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent suicide by women veterans, and for other purposes.