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HR 2201 · in committee · significant

Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act

What this bill does

  • The VA must require annual sensitivity training for employees who process military sexual trauma claims.
  • Veterans filing claims for mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma are affected.
  • The VA must report annually on training and submit plans to Congress for improving veteran examinations.

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  1. 01

    How would annual sensitivity training for VA claims processors affect the time and cost needed to process military sexual trauma claims?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that training improvements would reduce claim denials or increase claim approval rates for veterans with military sexual trauma?

  3. 03

    Which VA employees beyond claims processors should receive this training, and how might expanding it change implementation costs?

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Young Kim

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Introduced 2025-05-20

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-05-20 · senate · IntroReferral

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

  2. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

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

  3. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2130-2131)

  4. 2025-05-19 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2130-2131)

  5. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2201.

  6. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2130-2132)

  7. 2025-05-19 · house · Floor

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

  8. 2025-05-17 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 71.

  9. 2025-05-17 · house · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-98.

  10. 2025-05-17 · Committee

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-98.

  11. 2025-05-06 · house · Committee

    Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

  12. 2025-05-06 · house · Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  13. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

  14. 2025-04-09 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-04-04 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

  16. 2025-03-18 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

  17. 2025-03-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  18. 2025-03-18 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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