3.0.0 3256 2023-01-11T20:47:27Z 2023-01-11T20:47:27Z House H HR 2007-07-31 110 hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee Referred to 2007-09-25T13:03:00Z Referred to 2007-07-31T13:02:15Z 2007-09-25 hsas02 Military Personnel Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Committee 2007-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2007-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000113 Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1] PATRICK KENNEDY D RI J. 1 N M000404 Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] JIM MCDERMOTT D WA 7 2007-09-19 False C000191 Rep. Carson, Julia [D-IN-7] JULIA CARSON D IN 7 2007-09-19 False B001227 Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] ROBERT BRADY D PA A. 1 2007-09-19 False C001069 Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] Joe Courtney D CT 2 2007-09-19 False B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2007-09-20 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-10-01 False B001245 Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] Madeleine Bordallo D GU Z. 0 2007-10-15 False H001040 Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] Phil Hare D IL 17 2007-10-17 False C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2007-10-22 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-10-22 False S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 2007-10-25 False N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 38 2007-10-31 False E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 2007-10-31 False B000490 Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] SANFORD BISHOP D GA D. 2 2008-01-23 False Armed Forces and National Security Access to health care Congressional reporting requirements Families Family services Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Health Health planning Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Medical research Mental health services Military dependents Military medicine Military personnel Military training Post-traumatic stress disorder Preventive medicine Psychotherapy Science, Technology, Communications Stress (Psychology) Armed Forces and National Security 00 2007-07-31 Introduced in House 2007-11-05T22:50:20Z Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to incorporate preventive and early-intervention measures, practices, or procedures that reduce the likelihood that personnel in combat will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other stress-related psychopathologies, including substance use conditions.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) update the plan periodically; (2) develop and implement a training program to educate and promote awareness among commissioned and noncommissioned officers, front-line medical professionals and primary care providers, and military personnel and their families about the signs and risks of combat stress and stress-related psychopathology; (3) establish a working group to research and develop measures that reduce the likelihood of PTSD or other pathologies in combat veterans; and (4) establish a new Peer-Reviewed Research program for such research and development.

]]> Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To reduce post traumatic stress disorder and other combat-related stress disorders among military personnel, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Psychological Kevlar Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3256ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3256ih.xml 2007-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.