[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7494-S7495]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3990. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Ossoff, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bennet, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. King, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Risch, Mr. Blunt, 
Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Marshall, 
Mr. Wyden, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Hirono, Ms. 
Klobuchar, Mr. Graham, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
Hoeven, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 728. EVALUATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF SUICIDE 
                   PREVENTION EFFORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
     Readiness shall--
       (1) direct the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to 
     collaborate with each Secretary of a military department--
       (A) to develop and implement a process to ensure that 
     individual non-clinical suicide prevention efforts are 
     assessed for effectiveness among members of the Armed Forces; 
     and
       (B) to develop consistent suicide-related definitions to be 
     used throughout the Department of Defense;

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       (2) require the use of suicide-related definitions 
     developed under paragraph (1)(B) to be used in any updated 
     policies of the Department of Defense or any military 
     department; and
       (3) enhance collaboration between the Defense Suicide 
     Prevention Office and the Psychological Health Center of 
     Excellence on the production of annual suicide reports to 
     minimize duplication of efforts by the Department of Defense.
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