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S 2402 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 8, 2018 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Feb 8, 2018
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This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the veterans peer counseling program includes a sufficient number of peer counselors for women veterans.

Such counselors may be VA employees and may have expertise in: (1) gender-specific issues and services, (2) VA services and benefits, and (3) employment mentoring.

The VA shall: (1) emphasize facilitating peer-to-peer counseling for women veterans who suffered sexual trauma while in the Armed Forces, have post-traumatic stress disorder or suffer from another mental health condition, or are otherwise at risk of becoming homeless; (2) conduct program outreach; and (3) coordinate with community organizations, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, local business organizations, and legal assistance organizations.

What's happening now February 8, 2018

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

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Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 8, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2402: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2402/
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"S. 2402: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the number of peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling for women veterans, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2402/.
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S. 2402, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2402/.
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