[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2860. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 729. REPORT ON SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE PREVENTION PRACTICES 
                   AND INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives a report on successful suicide 
     prevention practices and initiatives of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A complete list of all current and planned mental 
     health and suicide prevention programs available to members 
     of the Armed Forces, whether provided by the Department or 
     through community partnerships.
       (2) For each program listed under paragraph (1), the annual 
     funding and number of members of the Armed Forces served.
       (3) The number of members of the Armed Forces receiving 
     treatment in each such program who ultimately commit suicide.
       (4) The metrics used by the Department to track the 
     efficacy of mental health programs of the Department, 
     including an assessment of how those metrics are tracked 
     longitudinally.
       (5) Recommendations for how the Department of Defense can 
     work more cooperatively with the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs and mental health organizations in the private sector 
     to serve the unique needs of members of the reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces.
       (6) Recommendations for additional metrics for the 
     Department of Defense to use to better measure the efficacy 
     of each mental health program of the Department.
       (7) Recommendations for how the Department may better 
     partner with local communities to ensure access to mental 
     health and suicide prevention programs in rural areas.
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