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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5665 
To amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to allow a veteran to receive a full-year supply 
of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other con-
traceptive products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 
Ms. UNDERWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow a vet-
eran to receive a full-year supply of contraceptive pills, 
transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and other contracep-
tive products, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Contracep-
tion Expansion for Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘ACE Veterans 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FULL-YEAR SUPPLY OF CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS, 
TRANSDERMAL PATCHES, VAGINAL RINGS, 
AND OTHER CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCTS. 
(a) FULL-YEAR SUPPLY.—Subchapter II of chapter 
17 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 1720L the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1720M. Full-year supply of contraceptive pills, 
transdermal patches, vaginal rings, and 
other contraceptive products 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF FULL-YEAR SUPPLY.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that a veteran who is enrolled in 
the system of annual patient enrollment under section 
1705 of this title and to whom a medical provider of the 
Department prescribes contraceptive pills, transdermal 
patches, vaginal rings, or other contraceptive products 
may elect to fill such prescription as a full-year supply. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE.—A medical provider of the Department 
who 
prescribes 
to 
a 
veteran 
contraceptive 
pills, 
transdermal patches, vaginal rings, or other contraceptive 
products shall notify the veteran of the option to fill the 
prescription as a full-year supply. 
‘‘(c) CONTRACEPTIVE PRODUCT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘contraceptive product’ means any drug, 
device, or biological product intended for use in the pre-
vention of pregnancy, whether specifically intended to pre-
vent pregnancy or for other health needs, that is approved, 
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cleared, authorized, or licensed under section 505, 510(k), 
513(f)(2), 515, or 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 360(k), 360c(f)(2), 360e, 
360bbb–3) or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 262).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1720L the following new 
item: 
‘‘1720M. Full-year supply of contraceptive pills, transdermal patches, vaginal 
rings, and other contraceptive products.’’. 
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