[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4071. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Portman) 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 744. TASK FORCE TO REVIEW SMART DEVICE MENTAL HEALTH 
                   RESILIENCY APPLICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish a task force to review mental health resiliency 
     applications currently available for smart devices.
       (b) Mental Health Resiliency Applications.--Mental health 
     resiliency applications to be reviewed under subsection (a) 
     may include evidence-based applications such as Virtual Hope 
     Box.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     establishment of the task force under subsection (a), the 
     task force, in consultation with the Director of the Defense 
     Health Agency and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall 
     submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the findings of the task 
     force.
       (2) Elements.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the efficacy of the mental health 
     resiliency applications reviewed under subsection (a) at 
     improving behavioral health outcomes.
       (B) A description of any trials or pilot programs completed 
     or underway at the Department of Defense with respect to the 
     use of such applications.
       (C) An assessment of the cost associated with such 
     applications.
       (D) An assessment of the compatibility of the use of such 
     applications with other initiatives of the Department.
       (E) Such recommendations as the task force may have on 
     forming a pilot program to encourage the use of one or more 
     of such applications among members of the Armed Forces.
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