[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5664]
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  SA 6112. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Gillibrand, and 
Mrs. Feinstein) 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. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES RETURNING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) Initial Evaluation.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, subject to subsection (c), 
     the Secretary of Defense shall offer an initial psychological 
     evaluation to each member of the Armed Forces who--
       (1) served at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in 
     Kabul, Afghanistan, between August 15 and August 29, 2021; 
     and
       (2) has not already received a psychological evaluation 
     with respect to such service.
       (b) Additional Evaluations.--Subject to subsection (c), the 
     Secretary of Defense shall offer to each member of the Armed 
     Forces who is offered a psychological evaluation under 
     subsection (a), or would have been offered such an evaluation 
     but for the application of subsection (a)(2), an additional 
     evaluation--
       (1) not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act; and
       (2) not later than 5 years after such date of enactment.
       (c) Limitation on Evaluations.--The Secretary of Defense 
     may offer a psychological evaluation to a member of the Armed 
     Forces under subsection (a) or (b) only if the member is on 
     active service or active status at the time the evaluation is 
     to be offered to the member.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 220 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     number of members of the Armed Forces, disaggregated by 
     members on active duty and members of the reserve components, 
     who--
       (1) are eligible for and have received an initial 
     psychological evaluation under subsection (a); or
       (2) have otherwise received a psychological evaluation with 
     respect to service at the Hamid Karzai International Airport 
     in Kabul, Afghanistan, between August 15 and August 29, 2021.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Active service; active status.--The terms ``active 
     service'' and ``active status'' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) Psychological evaluation.--The term ``psychological 
     evaluation'' means an evaluation of the mental health of an 
     individual conducted by a health care professional, 
     psychologist, or doctor either in-person or face-to-face over 
     a virtual platform.
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