[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5788-S5789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3926. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:

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       Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on improving 
     trauma training for trauma teams of the Department of 
     Defense, including through the use of the Joint Trauma 
     Education and Training Directorate established under section 
     708 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
       (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
     recommendations regarding how to best coordinate trauma teams 
     of the Department of Defense with trauma partners in the 
     civilian sector, including evaluating how trauma surgeons and 
     physicians of the Department can best partner with civilian 
     level 1 trauma centers verified by the American College of 
     Surgeons, including those trauma centers coupled to a burn 
     center that offers burn rotations and clinical experience, to 
     provide adequate training and readiness for the next 
     generation of medical providers to treat critically injured 
     burn patients and other military trauma victims.
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