[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 FEMALE VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take 
from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 2487) to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to identify mental health care and suicide prevention 
programs and metrics that are effective in treating women veterans as 
part of the evaluation of such programs by the Secretary, and for other 
purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 2487

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Female Veteran Suicide 
     Prevention Act''.

     SEC. 2. SPECIFIC CONSIDERATION OF WOMEN VETERANS IN 
                   EVALUATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                   MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUICIDE PREVENTION 
                   PROGRAMS.

       Section 1709B(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon 
     the following: ``, including metrics applicable specifically 
     to women'';
       (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) identify the mental health care and suicide 
     prevention programs conducted by the Secretary that are most 
     effective for women veterans and such programs with the 
     highest satisfaction rates among women veterans.''.

  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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