A03489
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
129
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PENNYCUICK, FARRY, DeLISSIO, RYAN, POLINCHOCK,
HILL-EVANS, ISAACSON, GUENST, COOK, HAMM, N. NELSON, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, HOHENSTEIN, SOLOMON, MIZGORSKI, McNEILL, WEBSTER,
R. BROWN, INNAMORATO, CIRESI, SAINATO AND GILLEN,
AUGUST 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, AUGUST 5, 2021
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Establishing the Task Force on Women Veterans' Health Care in
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within the Joint State
Government Commission.
WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, the projected veteran population nationwide is
18,000,000, with women making up an estimated 8% of that
population; and
WHEREAS, The United States Census Bureau estimates the
percentage of female veterans between 2010 and 2040 will
increase from 9% in 2010 to 17% in 2040; and
WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, as of September 2018, this Commonwealth was
home to approximately 836,000 veterans, including 615,000
wartime veterans from World War II through the Gulf War; and
WHEREAS, Females comprise approximately 46,000 60,000 of the
wartime veterans; and
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