A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies, to provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2964-2965)

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 18, 2002

Requires the payment of veterans' disability compensation to a woman veteran for the anatomical loss of half or more of the tissue of (currently, all of the tissue of) one or more breasts suffered as a result of a service-connected disability.Makes permanent (currently expires December 31, 2004) a program requiring the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide counseling to veterans to overcome psychological trauma resulting from a physical assault or battery of a sexual nature, or from sexual harassment, which occurred during active military service.Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans' committees on the furnishing by the Veterans Health Administration of health care to women veterans.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D–WV

Committees

Veterans' Affairs Committee

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Apr 18, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2964-2965)
Apr 18, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2963-2964)
Apr 18, 2002
Introduced in Senate

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S 2237 · Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2205

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2002-04-18.

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Discuss S.2205, 107th Congress: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies, to provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2205

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2002-04-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/s2205/BILLS-107s2205is.htm

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Discuss S.2205, 107th Congress: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the entitlement to disability compensation of women veterans who have service-connected mastectomies, to provide permanent authority for counseling and treatment for sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/2205

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2002-04-18.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/107/bills/s2205/BILLS-107s2205is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T13:37:47Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine S.2205 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.