[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2756]
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  SA 664. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 707. INCLUSION IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT FORMS OF DETAILS AND 
                   QUESTIONS RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE 
                   CONTRACEPTIVE COUNSELING.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of the Defense Health Agency shall--
       (1) revise the periodic health assessment form of the 
     Department of Defense (Department of Defense Form 3024) to 
     improve access of members of the Armed Forces to 
     comprehensive contraceptive counseling, including by--
       (A) explaining what contraceptive counseling entails; and
       (B) asking a question on the reproductive goals of the 
     member;
       (2) to improve rates of comprehensive contraceptive 
     counseling received by a member of the Armed Forces prior to 
     deployment, revise the pre-deployment health assessment form 
     (Department of Defense Form 2795) to include a robust and 
     informative question on whether the member would like 
     comprehensive contraceptive counseling; and
       (3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing 
     the revisions made under paragraphs (1) and (2).
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