[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2685. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 title V, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORTING ON COMMAND CLIMATE IN MILITARY 
                   ORGANIZATIONS WITH REPORTED SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR.

       (a) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     command climate survey outcomes for organizations with 
     reported suicide and suicide attempts.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) A statistical sample from the last five years of 
     suicide and identified suicide attempts by active and reserve 
     members as reported on the Department of Defense Suicide 
     Event Report (DoDSER), and an analysis of Defense 
     Organizational Climate Surveys (DEOCSs) and Defense 
     Organizational Climate Pulses (DOCPs), to identify the 
     prevalence of organizations with reported suicidal events 
     that also had unfavorable command climate factor ratings.
       (B) An examination of the DEOCSs/DOCPs immediately 
     preceding and following reported suicidal events for each 
     such member's assigned organization, including, for 
     organizations with one or more DEOCS/DOCP unfavorable factor 
     ratings, an identification of the unfavorable DEOCS/DOCP 
     factors and the contextual factors surrounding the suicidal 
     event identified in the DoDSER.
       (C) A comparison of the prevalence of unfavorable command 
     climate factor ratings in organizations described in 
     subparagraph (A) to the military services at large.
       (b) Availability of Defense Organizational Climate Surveys 
     and Defense Organizational Climate Pulses.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall provide upon request copies of DEOCSs/DOCPs 
     results to the families of members of the Armed Forces that 
     have died by suicide.
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