H.R. 4157 · 118th Congress

Requires annual VA reports and studies on preventing veteran suicide

Official title: Not Just a Number Act1

Never got a floor vote

§1What it does

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This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to publish a yearly National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report analyzing veteran suicide rates and how they relate to veterans' use of VA health care and benefits.2 The VA would also have to report on which of its benefits and services do the most to prevent veteran suicide, and work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a toolkit to help coroners and medical examiners identify and report veteran suicides.2 It would also have to study whether to create a department-wide suicide prevention office reporting to the VA secretary.2

§2Status

StatusLatest action, July 25, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.1
IntroducedJune 15, 2023
SponsorRep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Cosponsors159 cosponsors (55 Republican, 104 Democratic)
Official recordH.R. 4157 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, July 25, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.1 How bills die without a vote.

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