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HR 1969 · in committee · significant

No Wrong Door for Veterans Act

What this bill does

  • This bill extends federal funding through 2028 for grants that help prevent veteran suicides.
  • Veterans, active-duty service members, their families, and health care providers are affected.
  • It increases grant amounts, requires annual briefings at VA medical centers, and establishes mental health screening standards.

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    How would increased grant funding for suicide prevention programs specifically change mental health services available to veterans in rural areas?

  2. 02

    What evidence supports the assumption that annual VA briefings and standardized screening will reduce veteran suicide rates compared to current practices?

  3. 03

    Who bears the cost of extending these grants through 2028, and what trade-offs might exist with other VA priorities or federal spending?

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-22 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  2. 2025-05-22 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-05-22 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  4. 2025-05-22 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

  5. 2025-05-22 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business.

  6. 2025-05-20 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bost objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

  7. 2025-05-20 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1969.

  8. 2025-05-20 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2175-2177; text: CR H2175-2176)

  9. 2025-05-20 · house · Floor

    Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  10. 2025-05-19 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.

  11. 2025-05-19 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103.

  12. 2025-05-19 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-103.

  13. 2025-05-06 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  14. 2025-03-25 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 5.

  15. 2025-03-25 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  16. 2025-03-10 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

  17. 2025-03-10 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  18. 2025-03-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  19. 2025-03-10 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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