3.0.0 2772 2017-12-15T00:00:34Z 2017-12-15T00:00:34Z Senate S S 2008-03-13 110 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-03-13T23:09:56Z 2008-03-13 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2008-03-13 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-05-01 False Armed Forces and National Security Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Health Iraq compilation Military medicine Military personnel Suicide Armed Forces and National Security 00 2008-03-13 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-09T20:41:42Z Amends federal armed forces law to add provisions concerning investigations of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces (members).

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, in the case of a member's suicide, to establish a board, made up of commissioned officers serving on active duty, to investigate the causes contributing to the suicide, including preventive actions that could have been taken. Requires: (1) the protection of confidentiality with respect to such investigations; (2) the investigation to be completed within 30 days after the suicide; and (3) an interim and final board report to the Secretary concerned. Directs the Secretary concerned to make public the investigation results, while protecting the confidentiality of the member.

Requires all reports received by the Secretary concerned to be transmitted to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, who shall take appropriate actions to reduce the incidence of suicide among members.

]]> A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the investigation of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the investigation of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the investigation of suicides committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2772is/xml/BILLS-110s2772is.xml 2008-03-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.