H.R. 2521 — 117th Congress

DOULA for VA Act of 2022

Originated in the House · Introduced Apr 14, 2021 · Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor

Brenda L. Lawrence

Latest action

Dec 5, 2022

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

CRS summary

As of Dec 1, 2022

Passed House

Delivering Optimally Urgent Labor Access for Veterans Affairs Act of 2022 or the DOULA for VA Act of 2022

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study the feasibility and advisability of furnishing doula services to pregnant or formerly pregnant veterans (with respect to postpartum care) who are enrolled in the VA health care system.

Congressional Research Service, via api.congress.gov (public domain)

Roll-call votes

1 on record

Dec 1, 2022 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (376–44)

Yea — 376: 213 D · 163 R

Member	Party	State
Mary Sattler Peltola	Democrat	AK
Terri A. Sewell	Democrat	AL
Ann Kirkpatrick	Democrat	AZ
Greg Stanton	Democrat	AZ
Raúl M. Grijalva	Democrat	AZ
Ruben Gallego	Democrat	AZ
Tom O’Halleran	Democrat	AZ
Adam B. Schiff	Democrat	CA
Alan S. Lowenthal	Democrat	CA
Ami Bera	Democrat	CA
Anna G. Eshoo	Democrat	CA
Barbara Lee	Democrat	CA
Brad Sherman	Democrat	CA
Doris O. Matsui	Democrat	CA
Eric Swalwell	Democrat	CA
Grace F. Napolitano	Democrat	CA
J. Luis Correa	Democrat	CA
Jackie Speier	Democrat	CA
Jared Huffman	Democrat	CA
Jerry McNerney	Democrat	CA
Jim Costa	Democrat	CA
Jimmy Gomez	Democrat	CA
Jimmy Panetta	Democrat	CA
John Garamendi	Democrat	CA
Josh Harder	Democrat	CA
Juan Vargas	Democrat	CA
Judy Chu	Democrat	CA
Julia Brownley	Democrat	CA
Karen Bass	Democrat	CA
Katie Porter	Democrat	CA
Linda T. Sánchez	Democrat	CA
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	CA
Mark DeSaulnier	Democrat	CA
Mark Takano	Democrat	CA
Maxine Waters	Democrat	CA
Mike Levin	Democrat	CA
Mike Thompson	Democrat	CA
Nanette Diaz Barragán	Democrat	CA
Norma J. Torres	Democrat	CA
Pete Aguilar	Democrat	CA
Raul Ruiz	Democrat	CA
Ro Khanna	Democrat	CA
Salud O. Carbajal	Democrat	CA
Sara Jacobs	Democrat	CA
Ted Lieu	Democrat	CA
Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	CA
Zoe Lofgren	Democrat	CA
Diana DeGette	Democrat	CO
Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	CO
Jason Crow	Democrat	CO
Joe Neguse	Democrat	CO
Jahana Hayes	Democrat	CT
James A. Himes	Democrat	CT
Joe Courtney	Democrat	CT
John B. Larson	Democrat	CT
Rosa L. DeLauro	Democrat	CT
Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democrat	DE
Al Lawson, Jr.	Democrat	FL
Darren Soto	Democrat	FL
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Democrat	FL
Frederica S. Wilson	Democrat	FL
Kathy Castor	Democrat	FL
Lois Frankel	Democrat	FL
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Democrat	FL
Val Butler Demings	Democrat	FL
Carolyn Bourdeaux	Democrat	GA
David Scott	Democrat	GA
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Democrat	GA
Lucy McBath	Democrat	GA
Nikema Williams	Democrat	GA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Democrat	GA
Ed Case	Democrat	HI
Kaiali’i Kahele	Democrat	HI
Cynthia Axne	Democrat	IA
Bill Foster	Democrat	IL
Bobby L. Rush	Democrat	IL
Bradley Scott Schneider	Democrat	IL
Cheri Bustos	Democrat	IL
Danny K. Davis	Democrat	IL
Janice D. Schakowsky	Democrat	IL
Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Democrat	IL
Lauren Underwood	Democrat	IL
Marie Newman	Democrat	IL
Mike Quigley	Democrat	IL
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democrat	IL
Robin L. Kelly	Democrat	IL
Sean Casten	Democrat	IL
André Carson	Democrat	IN
Frank J. Mrvan	Democrat	IN
Sharice Davids	Democrat	KS
Troy A. Carter	Democrat	LA
Ayanna Pressley	Democrat	MA
Jake Auchincloss	Democrat	MA
James P. McGovern	Democrat	MA
Katherine M. Clark	Democrat	MA
Lori Trahan	Democrat	MA
Richard E. Neal	Democrat	MA
Seth Moulton	Democrat	MA
Stephen F. Lynch	Democrat	MA
William R. Keating	Democrat	MA
Anthony G. Brown	Democrat	MD
C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Democrat	MD
David J. Trone	Democrat	MD
Jamie Raskin	Democrat	MD
John P. Sarbanes	Democrat	MD
Kweisi Mfume	Democrat	MD
Steny H. Hoyer	Democrat	MD
Chellie Pingree	Democrat	ME
Jared F. Golden	Democrat	ME
Andy Levin	Democrat	MI
Brenda L. Lawrence	Democrat	MI
Daniel T. Kildee	Democrat	MI
Debbie Dingell	Democrat	MI
Elissa Slotkin	Democrat	MI
Haley M. Stevens	Democrat	MI
Rashida Tlaib	Democrat	MI
Angie Craig	Democrat	MN
Betty McCollum	Democrat	MN
Dean Phillips	Democrat	MN
Ilhan Omar	Democrat	MN
Cori Bush	Democrat	MO
Emanuel Cleaver	Democrat	MO
Bennie G. Thompson	Democrat	MS
Alma S. Adams	Democrat	NC
David E. Price	Democrat	NC
Deborah K. Ross	Democrat	NC
G. K. Butterfield	Democrat	NC
Kathy E. Manning	Democrat	NC
Ann M. Kuster	Democrat	NH
Chris Pappas	Democrat	NH
Albio Sires	Democrat	NJ
Andy Kim	Democrat	NJ
Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Bonnie Watson Coleman	Democrat	NJ
Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Donald Norcross	Democrat	NJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.	Democrat	NJ
Josh Gottheimer	Democrat	NJ
Mikie Sherrill	Democrat	NJ
Tom Malinowski	Democrat	NJ
Melanie A. Stansbury	Democrat	NM
Teresa Leger Fernandez	Democrat	NM
Dina Titus	Democrat	NV
Steven Horsford	Democrat	NV
Susie Lee	Democrat	NV
Adriano Espaillat	Democrat	NY
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	Democrat	NY
Brian Higgins	Democrat	NY
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democrat	NY
Grace Meng	Democrat	NY
Gregory W. Meeks	Democrat	NY
Hakeem S. Jeffries	Democrat	NY
Jamaal Bowman	Democrat	NY
Jerrold Nadler	Democrat	NY
Joseph D. Morelle	Democrat	NY
Mondaire Jones	Democrat	NY
Nydia M. Velázquez	Democrat	NY
Patrick Ryan	Democrat	NY
Paul Tonko	Democrat	NY
Ritchie Torres	Democrat	NY
Sean Patrick Maloney	Democrat	NY
Thomas R. Suozzi	Democrat	NY
Yvette D. Clarke	Democrat	NY
Joyce Beatty	Democrat	OH
Marcy Kaptur	Democrat	OH
Shontel M. Brown	Democrat	OH
Tim Ryan	Democrat	OH
Earl Blumenauer	Democrat	OR
Kurt Schrader	Democrat	OR
Peter A. DeFazio	Democrat	OR
Suzanne Bonamici	Democrat	OR
Brendan F. Boyle	Democrat	PA
Chrissy Houlahan	Democrat	PA
Conor Lamb	Democrat	PA
Dwight Evans	Democrat	PA
Madeleine Dean	Democrat	PA
Mary Gay Scanlon	Democrat	PA
Matt Cartwright	Democrat	PA
Michael F. Doyle	Democrat	PA
Susan Wild	Democrat	PA
David N. Cicilline	Democrat	RI
James R. Langevin	Democrat	RI
James E. Clyburn	Democrat	SC
Jim Cooper	Democrat	TN
Steve Cohen	Democrat	TN
Al Green	Democrat	TX
Colin Z. Allred	Democrat	TX
Eddie Bernice Johnson	Democrat	TX
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	TX
Joaquin Castro	Democrat	TX
Lizzie Fletcher	Democrat	TX
Lloyd Doggett	Democrat	TX
Marc A. Veasey	Democrat	TX
Sheila Jackson Lee	Democrat	TX
Sylvia R. Garcia	Democrat	TX
Veronica Escobar	Democrat	TX
Vicente Gonzalez	Democrat	TX
Abigail Davis Spanberger	Democrat	VA
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Democrat	VA
Elaine G. Luria	Democrat	VA
Gerald E. Connolly	Democrat	VA
Jennifer Wexton	Democrat	VA
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Democrat	VA
Peter Welch	Democrat	VT
Adam Smith	Democrat	WA
Derek Kilmer	Democrat	WA
Kim Schrier	Democrat	WA
Marilyn Strickland	Democrat	WA
Pramila Jayapal	Democrat	WA
Rick Larsen	Democrat	WA
Suzan K. DelBene	Democrat	WA
Gwen Moore	Democrat	WI
Mark Pocan	Democrat	WI
Barry Moore	Republican	AL
Gary J. Palmer	Republican	AL
Jerry L. Carl	Republican	AL
Mike Rogers	Republican	AL
Mo Brooks	Republican	AL
Robert B. Aderholt	Republican	AL
Bruce Westerman	Republican	AR
J. French Hill	Republican	AR
Steve Womack	Republican	AR
Andy Biggs	Republican	AZ
David Schweikert	Republican	AZ
Debbie Lesko	Republican	AZ
Connie Conway	Republican	CA
Darrell Issa	Republican	CA
David G. Valadao	Republican	CA
Doug LaMalfa	Republican	CA
Jay Obernolte	Republican	CA
Ken Calvert	Republican	CA
Kevin McCarthy	Republican	CA
Michelle Steel	Republican	CA
Mike Garcia	Republican	CA
Tom McClintock	Republican	CA
Young Kim	Republican	CA
Doug Lamborn	Republican	CO
Ken Buck	Republican	CO
Bill Posey	Republican	FL
Byron Donalds	Republican	FL
Carlos A. Gimenez	Republican	FL
Daniel Webster	Republican	FL
Gus M. Bilirakis	Republican	FL
John H. Rutherford	Republican	FL
Kat Cammack	Republican	FL
Maria Elvira Salazar	Republican	FL
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	FL
Matt Gaetz	Republican	FL
Michael Waltz	Republican	FL
Scott Franklin	Republican	FL
Vern Buchanan	Republican	FL
Austin Scott	Republican	GA
Barry Loudermilk	Republican	GA
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Republican	GA
Rick W. Allen	Republican	GA
Ashley Hinson	Republican	IA
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Republican	IA
Randy Feenstra	Republican	IA
Michael K. Simpson	Republican	ID
Darin LaHood	Republican	IL
Mike Bost	Republican	IL
Rodney Davis	Republican	IL
Greg Pence	Republican	IN
James R. Baird	Republican	IN
Jim Banks	Republican	IN
Larry Bucshon	Republican	IN
Rudy Yakym III	Republican	IN
Trey Hollingsworth	Republican	IN
Victoria Spartz	Republican	IN
Jake LaTurner	Republican	KS
Tracey Mann	Republican	KS
Andy Barr	Republican	KY
Brett Guthrie	Republican	KY
Harold Rogers	Republican	KY
James Comer	Republican	KY
Thomas Massie	Republican	KY
Clay Higgins	Republican	LA
Garret Graves	Republican	LA
Julia Letlow	Republican	LA
Mike Johnson	Republican	LA
Steve Scalise	Republican	LA
Bill Huizenga	Republican	MI
Fred Upton	Republican	MI
Jack Bergman	Republican	MI
John R. Moolenaar	Republican	MI
Lisa C. McClain	Republican	MI
Peter Meijer	Republican	MI
Tim Walberg	Republican	MI
Michelle Fischbach	Republican	MN
Pete Stauber	Republican	MN
Ann Wagner	Republican	MO
Billy Long	Republican	MO
Blaine Luetkemeyer	Republican	MO
Jason Smith	Republican	MO
Sam Graves	Republican	MO
Vicky Hartzler	Republican	MO
Michael Guest	Republican	MS
Steven M. Palazzo	Republican	MS
Trent Kelly	Republican	MS
David Rouzer	Republican	NC
Gregory F. Murphy	Republican	NC
Madison Cawthorn	Republican	NC
Patrick T. McHenry	Republican	NC
Richard Hudson	Republican	NC
Ted Budd	Republican	NC
Virginia Foxx	Republican	NC
Kelly Armstrong	Republican	ND
Adrian Smith	Republican	NE
Don Bacon	Republican	NE
Mike Flood	Republican	NE
Christopher H. Smith	Republican	NJ
Mark E. Amodei	Republican	NV
Andrew R. Garbarino	Republican	NY
Chris Jacobs	Republican	NY
Claudia Tenney	Republican	NY
Elise M. Stefanik	Republican	NY
John Katko	Republican	NY
Joseph Sempolinski	Republican	NY
Lee M. Zeldin	Republican	NY
Nicole Malliotakis	Republican	NY
Anthony Gonzalez	Republican	OH
Bill Johnson	Republican	OH
Bob Gibbs	Republican	OH
Brad R. Wenstrup	Republican	OH
David P. Joyce	Republican	OH
Michael R. Turner	Republican	OH
Mike Carey	Republican	OH
Robert E. Latta	Republican	OH
Steve Chabot	Republican	OH
Troy Balderson	Republican	OH
Frank D. Lucas	Republican	OK
Kevin Hern	Republican	OK
Stephanie I. Bice	Republican	OK
Tom Cole	Republican	OK
Cliff Bentz	Republican	OR
Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Republican	PA
Daniel Meuser	Republican	PA
Fred Keller	Republican	PA
Glenn Thompson	Republican	PA
Guy Reschenthaler	Republican	PA
Lloyd Smucker	Republican	PA
Mike Kelly	Republican	PA
Jeff Duncan	Republican	SC
Joe Wilson	Republican	SC
Nancy Mace	Republican	SC
Tom Rice	Republican	SC
William R. Timmons IV	Republican	SC
Dusty Johnson	Republican	SD
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Republican	TN
David Kustoff	Republican	TN
August Pfluger	Republican	TX
Brian Babin	Republican	TX
Dan Crenshaw	Republican	TX
John R. Carter	Republican	TX
Kay Granger	Republican	TX
Kevin Brady	Republican	TX
Mayra Flores	Republican	TX
Michael C. Burgess	Republican	TX
Michael T. McCaul	Republican	TX
Roger Williams	Republican	TX
Tony Gonzales	Republican	TX
Blake D. Moore	Republican	UT
Burgess Owens	Republican	UT
Chris Stewart	Republican	UT
John R. Curtis	Republican	UT
H. Morgan Griffith	Republican	VA
Robert J. Wittman	Republican	VA
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	WA
Dan Newhouse	Republican	WA
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	WA
Bryan Steil	Republican	WI
Mike Gallagher	Republican	WI
Scott Fitzgerald	Republican	WI
Thomas P. Tiffany	Republican	WI
Alexander X. Mooney	Republican	WV
Carol D. Miller	Republican	WV

Nay — 44: 44 R

Member	Party	State
Eric A. "Rick" Crawford	Republican	AR
Paul A. Gosar	Republican	AZ
Lauren Boebert	Republican	CO
Brian J. Mast	Republican	FL
Neal P. Dunn	Republican	FL
W. Gregory Steube	Republican	FL
A. Drew Ferguson IV	Republican	GA
Andrew S. Clyde	Republican	GA
Jody B. Hice	Republican	GA
Marjorie Taylor Greene	Republican	GA
Russ Fulcher	Republican	ID
Andy Harris	Republican	MD
Brad Finstad	Republican	MN
Tom Emmer	Republican	MN
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.	Republican	MT
Dan Bishop	Republican	NC
Jefferson Van Drew	Republican	NJ
Yvette Herrell	Republican	NM
Jim Jordan	Republican	OH
Warren Davidson	Republican	OH
John Joyce	Republican	PA
Scott Perry	Republican	PA
Ralph Norman	Republican	SC
Diana Harshbarger	Republican	TN
John W. Rose	Republican	TN
Mark E. Green	Republican	TN
Scott DesJarlais	Republican	TN
Tim Burchett	Republican	TN
Beth Van Duyne	Republican	TX
Chip Roy	Republican	TX
Jake Ellzey	Republican	TX
Jodey C. Arrington	Republican	TX
Lance Gooden	Republican	TX
Louie Gohmert	Republican	TX
Michael Cloud	Republican	TX
Pat Fallon	Republican	TX
Pete Sessions	Republican	TX
Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Republican	TX
Ronny Jackson	Republican	TX
Troy E. Nehls	Republican	TX
Van Taylor	Republican	TX
Ben Cline	Republican	VA
Bob Good	Republican	VA
Glenn Grothman	Republican	WI

Not Voting — 11: 6 R · 5 D

Member	Party	State
Scott H. Peters	Democrat	CA
Stephanie N. Murphy	Democrat	FL
John A. Yarmuth	Democrat	KY
Kathleen M. Rice	Democrat	NY
Ron Kind	Democrat	WI
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	IL
Mary E. Miller	Republican	IL
Ron Estes	Republican	KS
Markwayne Mullin	Republican	OK
David B. McKinley	Republican	WV
Liz Cheney	Republican	WY

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