[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7110 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7110

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify and expand 
 authorization of support for chaplain-led programs for members of the 
                             Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

Mrs. Hartzler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to clarify and expand 
 authorization of support for chaplain-led programs for members of the 
                             Armed Forces.

    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 ``Help for All Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR 
              CHAPLAIN-LED PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Section 1789 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``chaplain-led programs'' and 
                inserting ``a chaplain-led program'';
                    (B) by striking ``members of the armed forces'' and 
                all that follows through ``status and their immediate 
                family members,'' and inserting ``a covered 
                individual''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``, or to support the resiliency, 
                suicide prevention, or holistic wellness of such 
                covered individual'' after ``structure'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``members of the armed forces and 
                their family members'' and inserting ``a covered 
                individual'';
                    (B) by striking ``programs'' and inserting ``a 
                program''; and
                    (C) by striking ``retreats and conferences'' and 
                inserting ``a retreat or conference''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
`covered individual' means--
            ``(1) a member of the armed forces on active duty;
            ``(2) a member of the reserve components in an active 
        status; or
            ``(3) a dependent of an individual described in 
        subparagraph (A) or (B).''.
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