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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5979. Ms. SMITH (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the
following:
SEC. 7. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON IMPACT OF MILITARY SEXUAL
TRAUMA AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE ON
SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.
(a) In General.—Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of
the House of Representatives and publish on a publicly
available website a report, and provide to such committees a
briefing, on how experiencing military sexual trauma or
intimate partner violence affects the risk of suicidal
ideation and suicide for members of the Armed Forces and
veterans.
(b) Incorporation Into Clinical Practice Guidelines.—Not
later than one year after the publication of the report
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall incorporate findings on
military sexual trauma and intimate partner violence,
including the results of the report, as risk factors for
suicide and suicidal ideation into the Department of Veterans
Affairs/Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines
for Assessment and Management of Patients At Risk For
Suicide, or similar successor guidelines.