[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7678 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7678

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to 
direct the Secretary of Defense to include a description of programs to 
 address and reduce the stigma associated with seeking assistance for 
            mental health or suicidal thoughts in a report.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 20, 2020

Mr. Brindisi (for himself and Mr. Katko) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to 
direct the Secretary of Defense to include a description of programs to 
 address and reduce the stigma associated with seeking assistance for 
            mental health or suicidal thoughts in a report.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Mental Health Stigma 
Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 741(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1467) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(J) A description of the programs carried out by 
                the military departments to address and reduce the 
                stigma associated with seeking assistance for mental 
                health or suicidal thoughts.''.
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