[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5679. Mr. HOEVEN 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 A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 706. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH 
                   SERVICES THROUGH TRICARE.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Defense Health Agency 
     should take all necessary steps to ensure members of the 
     Armed Forces, including members of the reserve components of 
     the Armed Forces, and their families have timely access to 
     mental and behavioral health care services through the 
     TRICARE program.
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