,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #abf  #aafth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bidb  ,report ,no4 #aaf-aff1 ,part ,i  
,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of                 
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjai ,mr4 
,cisneros 7for himself and ,ms4         
,houlahan7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on ,armed 
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,july #bc1 #bjai;,additional sponsors3  
,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4     
,lujn1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of 
,california1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1     
,mrs4 ,luria1 and ,mr4 ,pappas  ,july   
#bc1 #bjai ,reported from the ,committee
 on ,veterans' ,affairs with an         
amendment ,strike out all after the     
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,july #bc1           

#bjai;,committee on ,armed ,services    
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed,for
 text of introduced bill1 see copy of   
bill as introduced on ,may #bc1 #bjai   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs to carry out the     
,women's ,health ,transition ,training  
pilot program through at least fiscal   
year #bjbj1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,helping ,expand and ,launch       
,transitional ,health for ,women        
,veterans ,act or ,,health ,act4  #b4   
,encouragement of participation in      
,women's ,health ,transition ,training  
pilot program  7a7 ,duration ,the       
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
carry out the ,women's ,health          
,transition ,training pilot program 7in 
this section referred to as the pilot   
program7 until at least ,september #cj1 
#bjbj4  7b7 ,report ,not later than     
,september #cj1 #bjbj1 the ,secretary of

 ,defense and the ,secretary of         
,veterans ,affairs shall jointly submit 
to the appropriate congressional        
committees a report on the pilot program
 that includes the following3  7#a7 ,for
 the period since the commencement of   
the pilot program-- 7,a7 the number of  
women members by military department    
7with respect to ,department of the     
,navy1 separately for the ,navy and     
,marine ,corps7 who participated in the 
pilot program2  7,b7 the number of      
courses held under the pilot program2   
and  7,c7 the locations at which such   
courses were held1 and the number of    
seats available and the number of       
participants at each such location4     
7#b7 ,with respect to the number of     
members who participated in the pilot   
program as specified under paragraph    
7#a7--  7,a7 the number who enrolled in 
the health care system established under
 section #agje7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code2 and  7,b7 the number who
 attended at least one health care      

appointment at a medical facility of the
 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs4     
7#c7 ,data relating to-- 7,a7           
satisfaction with courses held under the
 pilot program2  7,b7 improved awareness
 of health care services administered by
 the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs2  
and  7,c7 any other available statistics
 regarding the pilot program4  7#d7 ,a  
discussion of regulatory1 legal1 or     
resource barriers to-- 7,a7 making the  
pilot program permanent to enable access
 by a greater number of women members at
 locations throughout the ,united       
,states2  7,b7 offering the pilot       
program online for women members who are
 unable to attend courses held under the
 pilot program in person2 and  7,c7 the 
feasibility of automatically enrolling  
pilot program participants in the health
 care system established under section  
#agje7;a7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code4  7c7 ,appropriate congressional  
committees defined ,in this section1 the
 term appropriate congressional         

committees means the ,committees on     
,veterans' ,affairs and the ,committees 
on ,armed ,services of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,senate4  ,july
 #bc1 #bjai,reported from the ,committee
 on ,veterans' ,affairs with an         
amendment,july #bc1 #bjai ,committee on 
,armed ,services discharged2 committed  
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union and ordered 
to be printed