S. 3999 119th Congress Senate

Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administe… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that women veterans may schedule appointments for women's specialty care under the laws administered by the Secretary without requiring a referral, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 5, 2026 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security Veterans' medical careWomen's health

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Mar 5, 2026

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

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now April 29, 2026

Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.

Hearings & markups 1

Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensa…
Open Hearing Apr 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT · Veterans' Affairs Committee

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 10

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.
for HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC. · New York · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
for SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC.
for HADASSAH, THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA, INC. · New York · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 filings
SENATE
10 filings
Education, Dept of
5 filings
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
5 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
5 filings
Veterans Employment & Training Service
5 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Heinrich, Martin

New Mexico · Apr 29, 2026

Hassan, Margaret Wood

New Hampshire · Mar 5, 2026

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3999: Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3999/

MLA

"S. 3999: Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3999/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 3999, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-3999/.

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