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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PEER-TO-PEER ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 101. Pilot program on peer-to-peer assistance for women veterans sepa-
rating or newly separated from service in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 102. Expansion of capabilities of Women Veterans Call Center to include 
text messaging. 
Sec. 103. Provision of reintegration and readjustment services to veterans and 
family members in group retreat settings. 
TITLE II—LEGAL AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 
Sec. 201. Department of Veterans Affairs public-private partnership on legal 
services for women veterans. 
Sec. 202. Additional amount for Supportive Services for Veteran Families grant 
program to support organizations that have a focus on pro-
viding assistance to women veterans and their families. 
TITLE III—NEWBORN CARE 
Sec. 301. Extension of period of eligibility for care for newborn children from 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 302. Source of amounts for medically necessary travel paid by the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs in connection with care for newborn 
children. 
TITLE IV—ELIMINATING BARRIERS TO ACCESS 
Sec. 401. Women Veterans Retrofit Initiative. 
Sec. 402. Staffing of women’s health primary care providers at medical facili-
ties of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 403. Staffing of Women Veteran Program Manager program at medical 
centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 404. Additional funding for primary care and emergency care clinicians in 
Women Veterans Health Care Mini-Residency Program. 
TITLE V—DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING 
Sec. 501. Requirement for collection and analysis of data on Department of 
Veterans Affairs benefits and services and disaggregation of 
such data by sex and minority status. 
Sec. 502. Report on availability of prosthetics for women veterans from the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
Sec. 503. Requirement for Department of Veterans Affairs Internet website to 
provide information on services available to women veterans. 
Sec. 504. Sense of Congress on changing motto of Department of Veterans Af-
fairs to be more inclusive. 
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TITLE I—PEER-TO-PEER 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. PILOT PROGRAM ON PEER-TO-PEER ASSISTANCE 
FOR WOMEN VETERANS SEPARATING OR 
NEWLY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE IN THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Commencing not 
later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi-
bility and advisability of facilitating peer-to-peer assist-
ance for women veterans who are separating or newly sep-
arated from service in the Armed Forces. 
(b) PEER-TO-PEER ASSISTANCE.—Peer-to-peer as-
sistance under the pilot program shall consist of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Provision of information about services and 
benefits provided under laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(2) Employment mentoring. 
(c) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot program during the three-year period beginning on 
the date of the commencement of the pilot program. 
(d) EMPHASIS.—In carrying out the pilot program, 
the Secretary shall emphasize facilitating peer-to-peer as-
sistance for women described in subsection (a) who suf-
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fered sexual trauma while serving in the Armed Forces, 
have post-traumatic stress disorder or suffer from another 
mental health condition, or are otherwise at risk of becom-
ing homeless. 
(e) OUTREACH.—As part of the pilot program, the 
Secretary conduct a program of outreach to inform women 
veterans about the pilot program and the assistance avail-
able under the pilot program. 
(f) COORDINATION.— 
(1) WITH GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY OR-
GANIZATIONS.—Under the pilot program, the Sec-
retary shall facilitate engagement and coordination 
with such community organizations, State and local 
governments, institutions of higher education, cham-
bers of commerce, local business organizations, orga-
nizations that provide legal assistance, and other or-
ganizations as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
facilitate the transition of women described in sub-
section (a) into their communities. 
(2) 
WITH
TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—To the degree practicable, the Secretary 
shall coordinate facilitation of assistance under the 
pilot program with the program carried out under 
section 1144 of title 10, United States Code. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such funds as may be 
necessary to carry out the pilot program. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts appropriated 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may not expend 
more than $100,000 on training and developing 
training materials for peer counselors. 
SEC. 102. 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-
partment of Veterans Affairs to include a text messaging 
capability. 
SEC. 103. PROVISION OF REINTEGRATION AND READJUST-
MENT SERVICES TO VETERANS AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS IN GROUP RETREAT SETTINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1712A of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by redesignating sub-
clauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) and (bb); 
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subclauses (I) and (II); and 
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(C) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘Counseling’’ and inserting ‘‘(i) Coun-
seling’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii)(I) Except as provided in subclause (IV), coun-
seling furnished to an individual under subparagraph (A) 
may include reintegration and readjustment services de-
scribed in subclause (II) furnished in group retreat set-
tings. 
‘‘(II) Reintegration and readjustment services de-
scribed in this subclause are the following: 
‘‘(aa) Information on reintegration of the indi-
vidual into family, employment, and community. 
‘‘(bb) Financial counseling. 
‘‘(cc) Occupational counseling. 
‘‘(dd) Information and counseling on stress re-
duction. 
‘‘(ee) Information and counseling on conflict 
resolution. 
‘‘(ff) Such other information and counseling as 
the Secretary considers appropriate to assist the in-
dividual in reintegration into family, employment, 
and community. 
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‘‘(III) In furnishing reintegration and readjustment 
services under subclause (I), the Secretary shall offer 
women the opportunity to receive such services in group 
retreat settings in which the only participants are women. 
‘‘(IV) An individual referred to in subparagraph 
(C)(v) may receive reintegration and readjustment services 
under subclause (I) only if the individual receives such 
services with a family member described in subclause (I) 
or (II) of such subparagraph.’’. 
(b) REQUEST FOR SERVICES.—Subsection (a)(2) of 
such section is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Upon’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)(i)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Upon the request of an individual described in 
paragraph (1)(C), the Secretary shall furnish the indi-
vidual reintegration and readjustment services in group 
retreat settings under paragraph (1)(B)(ii).’’. 
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TITLE II—LEGAL AND 
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES 
SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PUBLIC- 
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON LEGAL SERVICES 
FOR WOMEN VETERANS. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall establish a partnership with at least 
one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services 
to women veterans. 
(b) FOCUS.—The focus of the partnership established 
under subsection (a) shall be on the 10 highest unmet 
needs of women veterans as set forth in the most recently 
completed Community Homelessness Assessment, Local 
Education 
and 
Networking 
Groups 
for 
Veterans 
(CHALENG for Veterans) survey. 
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR SUPPORTIVE SERV-
ICES FOR VETERAN FAMILIES GRANT PRO-
GRAM TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT 
HAVE A FOCUS ON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE 
TO WOMEN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
Section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) $340,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2017 and 2018.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Not less than $20,000,000 shall be available 
under paragraph (1)(F) for the provision of financial as-
sistance under subsection (a) to organizations that have 
a focus on providing assistance to women veterans and 
their families.’’. 
TITLE III—NEWBORN CARE 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR 
CARE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 1786(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by strik-
ing ‘‘seven days’’ and inserting ‘‘14 days’’. 
SEC. 302. SOURCE OF AMOUNTS FOR MEDICALLY NEC-
ESSARY TRAVEL PAID BY THE DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
IN 
CONNECTION 
WITH CARE FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN. 
Section 1786 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) SOURCE OF AMOUNTS FOR TRAVEL.—Amounts 
paid by the Department for medically necessary travel in 
connection with health care services furnished under this 
section shall be derived from the Medical Services appro-
priations account of the Department.’’. 
TITLE IV—ELIMINATING 
BARRIERS TO ACCESS 
SEC. 401. WOMEN VETERANS RETROFIT INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall retrofit existing medical facilities of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs with fixtures, materials, and other out-
fitting measures to support the provision of care to women 
veterans at such facilities. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a plan to address deficiencies in environment 
of care for women veterans at medical facilities of the De-
partment. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$20,000,000 to carry out subsection (a) in addition to 
amounts otherwise made available to the Secretary for the 
purposes set forth in such subsection. 
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SEC. 402. STAFFING OF WOMEN’S HEALTH PRIMARY CARE 
PROVIDERS AT MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that 
each medical facility of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs has not fewer than one full-time or part-time wom-
en’s health primary care provider whose duties include, to 
the extent possible, providing training to other health care 
providers of the Department on the needs of women vet-
erans. 
SEC. 403. STAFFING OF WOMEN VETERAN PROGRAM MAN-
AGER PROGRAM AT MEDICAL CENTERS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that the Women Veteran Program Manager 
program of the Department of Veterans Affairs is sup-
ported at each medical center of the Department with a 
Women Veteran Program Manager and a Women Veteran 
Program Ombudsman. 
(b) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall ensure that the 
staff required under subsection (a) receive the proper 
training to carry out their duties. 
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SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PRIMARY CARE AND 
EMERGENCY CARE CLINICIANS IN WOMEN 
VETERANS HEALTH CARE MINI-RESIDENCY 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs $1,000,000 
for each fiscal year for the Women Veterans Health Care 
Mini-Residency Program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to provide opportunities for participation in such 
program for primary care and emergency care clinicians. 
(b) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall be 
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the 
Secretary for the purposes set forth in such subsection. 
TITLE V—DATA COLLECTION 
AND REPORTING 
SEC. 501. REQUIREMENT FOR COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 
OF DATA ON DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS 
BENEFITS 
AND 
SERVICES 
AND 
DISAGGREGATION OF SUCH DATA BY SEX 
AND MINORITY STATUS. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 
(1) collect and analyze data on each program of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides a 
service or benefit to a veteran, including the pro-
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gram carried out under section 1144 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(2) disaggregate such data by sex and minority 
status, when the data lends itself to such 
disaggregation; and 
(3) publish the data collected and analyzed 
under paragraph (1), except for such cases in which 
the Secretary determines that some portions of the 
data would undermine the anonymity of a veteran. 
SEC. 502. REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF PROSTHETICS FOR 
WOMEN VETERANS FROM THE DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 
of Representatives a report on the availability from the 
Department of Veterans Affairs of prosthetics made for 
women veterans, including an assessment of the avail-
ability of such prosthetics at each medical facility of the 
Department. 
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SEC. 503. 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, 
the National Cemetery Administration, and such 
other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate; 
and 
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(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. 
SEC. 504. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CHANGING MOTTO OF 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO BE 
MORE INCLUSIVE. 
In is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs should change the motto of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to be more inclusive. 
Æ 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2453 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Intelligence 
Rotational Assignment Program in the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program in the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘DHS Intelligence Ro-
tational Assignment Program Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTELLIGENCE ROTATIONAL ASSIGNMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 844 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 414) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) INTELLIGENCE ROTATIONAL ASSIGNMENT PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an Intelligence Rotational Assignment Pro-
gram as part of the Rotation Program under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Chief Human 
Capital Officer, in conjunction with the Chief Intel-
ligence Officer, shall administer the Intelligence Ro-
tational Assignment Program established pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLITY.—The Intelligence Rotational 
Assignment Program established pursuant to para-
graph (1) shall be open to employees serving in ex-
isting analyst positions within the Department’s In-
telligence Enterprise and other Department employ-
ees as determined appropriate by the Chief Human 
Capital Officer and the Chief Intelligence Officer. 
‘‘(4) 
COORDINATION.—The 
responsibilities 
specified in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (a) that 
apply to the Rotation Program under such sub-
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section shall, as applicable, also apply to the Intel-
ligence Rotational Assignment Program under this 
subsection.’’. 
Æ 
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(c) EXCLUSION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may exclude information from the data 
framework required under this section if the Secretary de-
termines inclusion of such information may— 
(1) jeopardize the protection of sources, methods, 
or activities; 
(2) compromise a criminal or national security 
investigation; 
(3) be inconsistent with other Federal laws or 
regulations; or 
(4) be duplicative or not serve an operational 
purpose if included in such framework. 
(d) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall incorporate into the data framework required 
under this section systems capabilities for auditing and en-
suring the security of information included in such frame-
work. Such capabilities shall include the following: 
(1) Mechanisms for identifying insider threats. 
(2) Mechanisms for identifying security risks. 
(3) Safeguards for privacy, civil rights, and civil 
liberties. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall ensure the data framework re-
quired under this section has the ability to include appro-
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priate information in existence within the Department of 
Homeland Security to meet the critical mission operations 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
(f) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) STATUS UPDATES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees regular updates on the status of 
the data framework until the framework is fully oper-
ational. 
(2) OPERATIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Not 
later 
than 60 days after the date on which the data frame-
work required under this section is fully operational, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide no-
tice to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the data framework is fully operational. 
(3) VALUE ADDED.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall annually brief Congress on component 
use of the data framework required under this section 
to support operations that disrupt terrorist activities 
and incidents in the homeland. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE; 
HOMELAND.—The terms ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committee’’ and ‘‘homeland’’ have the meaning given
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those terms in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 
(2) HOMELAND
SECURITY
INFORMATION.—The 
term ‘‘homeland security information’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 892 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 482). 
(3) NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘na-
tional intelligence’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3003(5)). 
(4) TERRORISM INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘ter-
rorism information’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485). 
Attest: 
Secretary.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2454 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a data framework to provide access for appropriate per-
sonnel to law enforcement and other information of the 
Department, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,