[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3617-S3618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2600. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 558. REPORT ON SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND 
                   ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   THEIR FAMILIES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 240 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the programs and activities of the Department of 
     Defense and the Armed Forces for the prevention of suicide 
     among members of the Armed Forces (including the reserve 
     components) and their families.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of the current programs and activities of 
     the Department and the Armed Forces for the prevention of 
     suicide among members of the Armed Forces and their families.
       (2) An assessment whether the programs and activities 
     described pursuant to paragraph (1)--

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       (A) are evidence-based and incorporate best practices 
     identified in peer-reviewed medical literature;
       (B) are appropriately resourced; and
       (C) deliver outcomes that are appropriate relative to peer 
     activities and programs (including those undertaken in the 
     civilian community and in military forces of other 
     countries).
       (3) A description and assessment of any impediments to the 
     effectiveness of such programs and activities.
       (4) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General 
     considers appropriate for improvements to such programs and 
     activities.
       (5) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General 
     considers appropriate for additional programs and activities 
     for the prevention of suicide among members of the Armed 
     Forces and their families.
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