[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5306]
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  SA 3529. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 724. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE AMONG 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Section 741(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1467), as 
     amended by section 736(2)(B) of the Servicemember Quality of 
     Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159), is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (I) through (M) as 
     subparagraphs (K) through (O), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new 
     subparagraphs:
       ``(I) An of analysis of Defense Organizational Climate 
     Surveys (DEOCSs) and Defense Organizational Climate Pulses 
     (DOCPs) for reporting organizations with suicides identified 
     under subparagraph (A), to identify the percentage of 
     organizations with reported suicidal events that also had one 
     or more unfavorable command climate factor ratings.
       ``(J) A comparison of the percentage of unfavorable command 
     climate factor ratings in organizations described in 
     subparagraph (I) to the military departments at large.''.
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