VA must report more details about women veterans' health and care.
S. 5464 — VOICE for Women Veterans Act · Filed by John Boozman (R-AR) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Referred to committee
Your members of Congress
Enter a ZIP to see where your representative and both senators stood on this bill.
Looked up on this device — your ZIP is never stored on our servers.
What it does
The bill tells the VA to collect and report more data about women veterans. The data must cover how many sign up and how much they use services. It must show whether they can get the care they need. The VA must report on doctors and staff in women's health offices. The VA can combine this report with other reports it must make. It must give Congress 45 days' notice first. The report cannot be delayed more than 30 days.
Who it affects
Women veterans and the public will see more facts about VA care for women. The VA must collect and share this data.
One thing to notice
The bill moves who oversees the report from the Chief Officer of Women's Health to the Secretary. The bill also requires the VA to report on vacant jobs and staffing changes.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 23, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Sep 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- VA — The Department of Veterans Affairs, the federal agency that serves veterans.
- Secretary — The head of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Chief Officer of Women's Health — The VA official who led reporting on women veterans' health before this bill.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (11,587 characters) on Sep 30, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
“VA must report more details about women veterans' health and care.” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/bill/119/s5464/simple Report an error
The week in bills
One email, Sunday: what Congress passed, what it changed, and who paid.
One link arrives to confirm the address. It is used for this email and nothing else, and every issue carries an unsubscribe link.