To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other…
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Aug 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
May 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to designate one week per year as Battle Buddy Check Week for the purposes of organizing outreach events and educating veterans on how to conduct peer wellness checks. The VA shall ensure that the Veterans Crisis Line has a plan for handling the potential increase in calls that may occur during such week.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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30
Mooney, Alexander
D
Titus, Dina
D
Davids, Sharice
R
Harris, Andy
R
Mann, Tracey
COOPER, JAMES
D
Carson, André
D
Tonko, Paul
Kahele, Kaiali'i
D
Cohen, Steve
R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
D
Welch, Peter
D
Houlahan, Chrissy
D
Harder, Josh
D
Williams, Nikema
D
Strickland, Marilyn
Axne, Cynthia
R
Bacon, Don
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
R
Grothman, Glenn
R
Joyce, David P.
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Moulton, Seth
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
RYAN, TIM
D
Soto, Darren
R
Tenney, Claudia
D
Thompson, Mike
Zeldin, Lee
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3405: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3405/
"H.R. 3405: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3405/.
H.R. 3405, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3405/.
[H.R. 3405: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to designate a week as "Battle Buddy Check Week" for the purpose of outreach and education concerning peer wellness checks for veterans, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-3405/)