# 114-hr-5431: Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act

114-hr-5431, Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5431
- Congress: 114
- Title: Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2016-06-09
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Expanding Care for Female Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a three-year pilot program to award grants to health care entities to lease, purchase, or build health care facilities for female patients in order to provide hospital care and medical services to female veterans enrolled in the VA's patient enrollment system. For purposes of providing such care and services, a facility leased, purchased, or built under the program shall be deemed to be: (1) a non-VA entity that may provide veterans hospital care and medical services as specified in the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014; or (2) if the authority to carry out the program is terminated, an entity otherwise authorized to provide hospital care and medical services pursuant to an agreement entered into by the VA.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5431 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5431)

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- [114-hr-5691: To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Elie Wiesel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5691)
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- [114-hr-5150: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3031 V…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5150)
- [114-hr-5090: To ensure that air transportation between the United States and the European Un…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5090)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5431 (as of 2025-11-18).