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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4128 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 16, 2024 

Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. BUDD, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. THUNE, 

Mr. RISCH, and Mr. ROUNDS) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and 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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON ABORTIONS FACILITATED BY THE DE2 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

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

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

5 than quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Af6 fairs shall submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

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

8 the House of Representatives a report on abortions facili9 tated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under sub11 section (a) shall include, with respect to, in the case of 

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

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

14 quarter covered by the report, the following: 

15 (1) The total number of abortions facilitated by 

16 the Department of Veterans Affairs, disaggregated 

17 by— 

18 (A) whether the abortion was conducted at 

19 a medical center of the Department or through 

20 a non-Department provider; 

21 (B) whether the abortion was surgical or 

22 conducted using mifepristone or another abor23 tion drug; 

24 (C) whether the abortion was conducted 

25 for a veteran or a dependent of a veteran; 


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1 (D) the number of weeks at which the 

2 abortion was conducted; 

3 (E) the exception under the laws adminis4 tered by the Secretary under which the abortion 

5 was justified to be conducted; and 

6 (F) the Veterans Integrated Service Net7 work and State in which the abortion was con8 ducted. 

9 (2) Total expenditures for facilitating abortion 

10 procedures. 

11 (3) Total expenditures for staff training related 

12 to the facilitation of abortion. 

13 (4) Total expenditures for infrastructure im14 provements related to the facilitation of abortion. 

15 (5) Total expenditures related to the facilitation 

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

17 Toxic Exposures Fund under section 324 of title 38, 

18 United States Code, and an explanation as to why 

19 the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund was used for 

20 such expenditures. 

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

22 Department through which the Secretary funds the 

23 facilitation of abortion. 

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

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