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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8029 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report 

on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2024 

Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. ROSENDALE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 

Congress a report on abortions facilitated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘VA Abortion Trans5 parency Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON ABORTIONS FACILITATED BY THE DE7 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently 


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1 than quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Af2 fairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

3 of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

4 the House of Representatives a report on abortions facili5 tated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub7 section (a) shall include, with respect to, in the case of 

8 the initial report, the 90-day period preceding the date of 

9 the report, and in the case of each subsequent report, the 

10 quarter covered by the report, the following: 

11 (1) The total number of abortions facilitated by 

12 the Department of Veterans Affairs, disaggregated 

13 by— 

14 (A) whether the abortion was conducted at 

15 a medical center of the Department or through 

16 a non-Department provider; 

17 (B) whether the abortion was surgical or 

18 conducted using mifepristone or another abor19 tion drug; 

20 (C) whether the abortion was conducted 

21 for a veteran or a dependent of a veteran; 

22 (D) the number of weeks at which the 

23 abortion was conducted; 


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1 (E) the exception under the laws adminis2 tered by the Secretary under which the abortion 

3 was justified to be conducted; and 

4 (F) the Veterans Integrated Service Net5 work and State in which the abortion was con6 ducted. 

7 (2) Total expenditures for facilitating abortion 

8 procedures. 

9 (3) Total expenditures for staff training related 

10 to the facilitation of abortion. 

11 (4) Total expenditures for infrastructure im12 provements related to the facilitation of abortion. 

13 (5) Total expenditures related to the facilitation 

14 of abortion that are paid out of the Cost of War 

15 Toxic Exposures Fund under section 324 of title 38, 

16 United States Code, and an explanation as to why 

17 the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund was used for 

18 such expenditures. 

19 (6) The budget line item or line items of the 

20 Department through which the Secretary funds the 

21 facilitation of abortion. 

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1 section (a) shall exclude any individually identifiable pa2 tient information. 

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