[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 130 (Friday, August 7, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6759. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4668, to protect the name, image, and likeness 
rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote 
fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ADDING SUICIDE PREVENTION CONTACT INFORMATION TO 
                   SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

       (a) In General.--Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(30)(A) In the case of an institution that creates and 
     distributes--
       ``(i) physical student identification cards for students at 
     any time after the effective date of this paragraph, such 
     institution shall include phone contact information of the 
     988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on each such card and may 
     print, on one side of such card, a contact number for--
       ``(I)(aa) the Crisis Text Line; or
       ``(bb) another nonprofit organization that--

       ``(AA) is dedicated to suicide prevention;
       ``(BB) has mobile messaging capabilities; and
       ``(CC) has demonstrated the capacity to provide mental 
     health support; or

       ``(II) a campus mental health center or local program, as 
     determined by the institution; and
       ``(ii) digital student identification cards for students at 
     any time after the effective date of this paragraph, such 
     institution shall include phone contact information of the 
     988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline on each such card and may 
     include a contact number for--
       ``(I)(aa) the Crisis Text Line; or
       ``(bb) another nonprofit organization that--

       ``(AA) is dedicated to suicide prevention;
       ``(BB) has mobile messaging capabilities; and
       ``(CC) has demonstrated the capacity to provide mental 
     health support; or

       ``(II) a campus mental health center or local program, as 
     determined by the institution.
       ``(B) In the case of an institution that does not create 
     and distribute identification cards for students at any time 
     after the effective date of this paragraph, such institution 
     shall publish the suicide prevention contact information 
     specified in subparagraph (A)(i) on the website of such 
     institution.
       ``(C) In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the term `digital student identification card' means 
     a digital identification, digital wallet, mobile 
     identification, or similar application or representation 
     issued by an institution of higher education to identify and 
     authenticate the status or information of a student at the 
     institution of higher education; and
       ``(ii) the term `physical student identification card' 
     means a tangible, nondigital card or document issued by an 
     institution of higher education to identify and authenticate 
     the status or information of a student at the institution of 
     higher education.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect beginning on the day that is 2 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendment made by 
     subsection (a) shall be construed to require an institution 
     of higher education to reissue an unexpired physical student 
     identification card or a digital student identification card 
     issued to a student of the institution of higher education 
     prior to the effective date of such subsection.
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