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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2972 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the communications 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to services available 
for women veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2019 
Mr. BRINDISI (for himself and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the 
communications of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
relating to services available for women veterans, 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. EXPANSION OF CAPABILITIES OF WOMEN VET-
ERANS CALL CENTER TO INCLUDE TEXT MES-
SAGING. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall expand the 
capabilities of the Women Veterans Call Center of the De-
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partment of Veterans Affairs to include a text messaging 
capability. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS INTERNET WEBSITE TO PROVIDE IN-
FORMATION ON SERVICES AVAILABLE TO 
WOMEN VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall survey the internet websites and information re-
sources of the Department of Veterans Affairs in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
and publish an internet website that serves as a central-
ized source for the provision to women veterans of infor-
mation about the benefits and services available to them 
under laws administered by the Secretary. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The internet website published 
under subsection (a) shall provide to women veterans in-
formation regarding all of the services available in the dis-
trict in which that the veteran is seeking such services, 
including, with respect to each medical center and commu-
nity-based outpatient clinic in the applicable Veterans In-
tegrated Service Network— 
(1) the name and contact information of each 
women’s health coordinator; 
(2) a list of appropriate staff for other benefits 
available from the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
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the National Cemetery Administration, and such 
other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate; 
and 
(3) such other information as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(c) UPDATED INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the information described in subsection (b) 
that is published on the internet website required by sub-
section (a) is updated not less frequently than once every 
90 days. 
(d) OUTREACH.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall ensure that the outreach conducted under 
section 1720F(i) of title 38, United States Code, includes 
information regarding the internet website required by 
subsection (a). 
(e) DERIVATION OF FUNDS.—Amounts used by the 
Secretary to carry out this section shall be derived from 
amounts made available to the Secretary to publish inter-
net websites of the Department. 
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