[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 825. Mr. FETTERMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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 appropriate place in subtitle A of title VII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 7___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH 
                   SERVICES THROUGH TRICARE.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
     should take all necessary steps to ensure members of the 
     National Guard and the members of their families who are 
     enrolled in TRICARE have timely access to mental and 
     behavioral health care services through the TRICARE program.
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