Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-3189
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-10
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Lawyers and legal services

Public-private cooperation

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Veterans' medical care

Women's employment
Latest action: action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-06-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a partnership with at least one nongovernmental organization to provide legal services to women veterans. The partnership must focus on the 10 highest unmet needs of women veterans as identified by the Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups (CHALENG) survey.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3189 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 10, 2019 Ms. Wild (for herself, Ms. Moore , Mr. Horsford , Ms. Porter , Ms. Shalala , Ms. Tlaib , Mr. Rouda , Mr. Case , Mr. Trone , Ms. Houlahan , Mrs. Trahan , Ms. Sewell of Alabama , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Cox of California , Mr. García of Illinois , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mrs. Hayes , Ms. Stevens , Mrs. Fletcher , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Moulton , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Gabbard , Ms. Scanlon , and Ms. Dean ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a partnership to provide legal services to women veterans, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act . 2. 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.