[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 167 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2795. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2763 proposed by Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Tester, and 
Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2029, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:
       Sec. 2__. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, enter 
     into a contract with an independent third party described in 
     subsection (b) to carry out a study on the impact of 
     participation in combat during service in the Armed Forces on 
     suicides and other mental health issues among members of the 
     Armed Forces and veterans.
       (b) An independent third party described in this subsection 
     is an independent third party that has appropriate 
     credentials to access information in the possession of the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     that is necessary to carry out the study required under 
     subsection (a).
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