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Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act

Introduced Mar 18, 2025

Latest action (May 20, 2025) Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee Veterans' Affairs Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense
Legislative subjects (8)
Congressional oversightEmployment and training programsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth personnelSex offensesVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation

Summary
  • Requires all Department of Veterans Affairs employees who process, communicate about, or decide military sexual trauma claims to receive annual sensitivity training
  • Requires military sexual trauma training to be tailored to each employee's experience level and updated at least annually
  • Expands the VA's duty to assist claimants by requiring the Secretary to obtain service personnel records and service medical records for military sexual trauma claims
  • Requires the Secretary to submit a report within 90 days on current military sexual trauma sensitivity training for VA employees and plans for improvement
  • Requires the Secretary to report on sensitivity training for contracted health care professionals conducting examinations and plans to prevent retraumatization during examinations

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
5 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Young Kim’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $166,350
  • FOUNDERS FUND $14,307
  • VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING $13,200
  • EDWARD C. LEVY CO. $13,200
  • APOLLO $11,100

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Young Kim → · Outside spending →

Actions (16)
  1. May 20, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · senate
  2. May 19, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
  3. May 19, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2130-2131) · house
  4. May 19, 2025 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. May 19, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2201. · house
  6. May 19, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2130-2132) · house
  7. May 19, 2025 Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
  8. May 17, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 71. · house
  9. May 17, 2025 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-98. · house
  10. May 6, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
  11. May 6, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  12. Apr 9, 2025 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. · house
  13. Apr 9, 2025 Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  14. Apr 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. · house
  15. Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  16. Mar 18, 2025 Introduced in House

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  • HR 4275 — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 (shares 7 subjects)
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  • S 2943 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (shares 7 subjects)
  • HR 8469 — Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes. (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 6 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 6 subjects)

Text versions (4)
  • Referred in Senate · May 20, 2025
  • Engrossed in House · May 19, 2025
  • Reported in House · May 17, 2025
  • Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2025

Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

AN ACT

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act”.

SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CLAIMS BASED ON MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Training for Employees Who Process Such Claims.—

(1) In general.—Subsection (c) of section 1166 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “members of teams established under subsection (a) are trained” and inserting “each employee of the Department who processes such a claim, communicates with a claimant regarding evidence supporting such a claim, or decides such a claim, receives annual sensitivity training and training”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(4) The Secretary shall ensure that training received by an employee under this subsection is appropriate for how much experience the employee has with such claims.

“(5) The Secretary shall update training under this subsection not less than once annually.”.

(2) Report.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding—

(A) training provided under such subsection before such date; and

(B) plans of the Secretary to carry out the amendments made by paragraph (1).

(b) Expansion of Duty to Assist in Obtaining Records for a Compensation Claim.—Section 5103A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(2) by inserting, after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph (2):

“(2) In the case of a claim under section 1166 of this title, the assistance provided by the Secretary under this section shall include obtaining—

“(A) the service personnel record of the claimant; and

“(B) the service medical record of the claimant.”.

(c) Sensitivity Training for Certain Contracted Health Care Professionals: Report; Improvements.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on—

(1) sensitivity training required for health care professionals and individuals who communicate with veterans to schedule examinations, contracted under section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 (Public Law 104- 275; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), to perform examinations of veterans who make claims under section 1166 of title 38, United States Code; and

(2) the plan of the Secretary to—

(A) improve such sensitivity training; and

(B) ensure that a veteran who makes such a claim is not retraumatized during such an examination by such a contracted health care professional.

Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2025.

Attest:

Clerk. 119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2201

AN ACT

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.

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