[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2881. Mr. BOOKER 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 PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE.

       Not later than one year 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 that--
       (1) makes recommendations on the feasibility and 
     advisability of renewing the peer support program of the 
     Department of Defense known as the Vets4Warriors program, 
     including an assessment, through a public process established 
     by the Secretary, of whether members of the Armed Forces will 
     receive adequate mental health care and resources in the 
     absence of such program;
       (2) evaluates the effectiveness of peer-to-peer counseling 
     in assisting members of the Armed Forces and their families;
       (3) assesses the success of current peer support programs 
     of the Department; and
       (4) makes recommendations for serving members of the Armed 
     Forces in need of peer support who are not currently using 
     peer support programs of the Department.
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