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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6517. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 587. IMPROVEMENTS TO OVERSIGHT, EVALUATION, AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-CLINICAL SUICIDE
PREVENTION TRAINING.
(a) Guidance and Reporting Requirements.—Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall issue
guidance requiring each military department to submit
annually to the Defense Suicide Prevention Office data
regarding completion of required non-clinical suicide
prevention training for members of the Armed Forces. The
guidance shall—
(1) prescribe standardized reporting requirements;
(2) provide for collection of active, reserve, and National
Guard component data, as applicable;
(3) establish common metrics for measuring completion
rates; and
(4) enable the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to monitor
department-wide compliance and inform policy development.
(b) Monitoring and Corrective Action.—The Secretary of
each military department shall ensure that the office
responsible for suicide prevention—
(1) regularly monitors completion of required annual non-
clinical suicide prevention training across the military
department;
(2) identifies organizations or commands with incomplete
training requirements;
(3) notifies appropriate prevention personnel and
commanders when deficiencies are identified; and
(4) establishes procedures for corrective action and
follow-up to ensure completion of required training.
(c) Standardization of Training Records.— The Secretary of
each military department shall establish standardized
procedures for recording approved annual non-clinical suicide
prevention training in the applicable enterprise training
management systems. Such procedures shall—
(1) provide uniform course titles and identifiers;
(2) ensure reliable and accurate data collection;
(3) prevent duplicate or inconsistent entries; and
(4) enable headquarters-level oversight of training
completion.
(d) Evaluation of Training Effectiveness.—Not later than
one year after the date of enactment of this Act, each
military department shall develop and implement a written
evaluation plan for annual non-clinical suicide prevention
training. Each such plan shall—
(1) identify desired training outcomes and performance
measures;
(2) assess participant knowledge and behavioral outcomes;
(3) measure the extent to which training objectives are
achieved;
(4) identify opportunities for improvement;
(5) include periodic review and updating of training
content; and
(6) incorporate leading practices for program evaluation.
(e) Department-wide Assessment Framework.—The Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, acting
through the Director of the Defense Suicide Prevention
Office, shall establish a framework for assessing the
effectiveness of non-clinical suicide prevention training
throughout the Department of Defense and shall periodically
review data provided by the military departments to identify
trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
(f) Project Management and Implementation of Independent
Review Committee Recommendations.—The Director of the
Defense Suicide Prevention Office, in coordination with the
Secretaries of the military departments, shall maintain
project plans for implementation of recommendations relating
to non-clinical suicide prevention training made by the
Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee.
Such project plans shall—
(1) identify milestones, deliverables, and responsible
officials;
(2) include procedures for managing uncertainty and
changing requirements;
(3) provide for iterative updates as additional information
becomes available;
(4) assess risks to implementation, including staffing and
resource challenges;
(5) identify mitigation strategies; and
(6) establish mechanisms for tracking progress toward
completion.
(g) Briefing and Report.—Not later than 270 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter
through 2030, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report describing—
(1) department-wide training completion rates;
(2) actions taken to address deficiencies in training
completion;
(3) results of evaluations conducted under subsection (d);
(4) progress implementing recommendations of the Suicide
Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee relating
to training; and
(5) any legislative or resource requirements necessary to
improve non-clinical suicide prevention training.