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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1361 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give priority in the consider- |
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| 6 | 6 | | ation of suicide prevention grants to entities located in States that |
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| 7 | 7 | | have not received such a grant, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL9, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | RAMER(for himself and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give priority |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the consideration of suicide prevention grants to enti- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ties located in States that have not received such a |
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| 17 | 17 | | grant, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Every State Counts 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | for Veterans Mental Health Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •S 1361 IS |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FAIRS SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT RECIPI-2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ENTS IN STATES IN WHICH A GRANT HAS NOT 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BEEN AWARDED. 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 201(d) of the Commander John Scott 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 10 U.S.C. 1720F note) 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | is amended by adding at the end the following new para-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | graph: 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 36 | 36 | | DDITIONAL PRIORITY FOR STATES THAT 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | HAVE NOT RECEIVED A GRANT .— 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | prioritizing consideration of any eligible entity 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | located in a State in which an entity has ap-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | plied but not received a grant under this sec-15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tion. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(B) S |
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| 45 | 45 | | CORING PREFERENCE .—If no entity 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | in a particular State has received a grant under 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | this section, the Secretary shall give all eligible 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | entities in that State that apply for such a 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | grant a scoring preference until at least one 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | grant is awarded to an eligible entity in that 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | State.’’. 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Æ |
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