[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5594. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 575. PILOT PROGRAM ON GRIEF COMPANIONS FOLLOWING 
                   CASUALTY NOTIFICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Commencing not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall carry out a pilot 
     program on providing training to, validating, and deploying 
     grief companions to facilitate bereavement care provided by 
     the Department of Defense following casualty notifications 
     with respect to members of the Armed Forces.
       (b) Duration.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
     and Readiness shall carry out the pilot program required 
     under subsection (a) for a period of not less than one year.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Personnel and Readiness $250,000 to carry out the pilot 
     program required under subsection (a).
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