# 119-hr-2942: What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act

119-hr-2942, What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2942
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2942
- Congress: 119
- Title: What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-04-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Standardizes evaluation and transparency for VA suicide-prevention and mental-health grants and pilots.** This bill would require the VA Secretary to write regulations that set clear objectives, evaluation plans, reporting rules, and result-sharing for Veterans Health Administration grant and pilot programs.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2025-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Standard rules for VA suicide prevention programs: benefit, low. If enacted, the VA would have 180 days to set standard rules for suicide-prevention and mental-health grants and pilot programs. Programs would need clear, measurable goals and a data plan that covers what to collect, when, and how it will be analyzed. VA would share objectives and evaluation plans…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-2942 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2942)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-1004: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1004)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
- [119-hr-5401: Pay Our Troops Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5401)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2942 (as of 2026-04-21).