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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 793 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health |
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| 6 | 6 | | Care Improvement Act of 2019 to modify and reauthorize the Staff |
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| 7 | 7 | | Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | ARNER(for himself and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans |
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| 16 | 16 | | Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 to modify |
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| 17 | 17 | | and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox |
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| 18 | 18 | | Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the Department |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Veterans Affairs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •S 793 IS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. MODIFICATIONS TO AND REAUTHORIZATION 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | OF THE STAFF SERGEANT PARKER GORDON 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FOX SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | FAIRS. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) T |
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| 31 | 31 | | ASKFORCE.—Section 201 of the Commander 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Im-7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | provement Act of 2019 (38 U.S.C. 1720F note; Public 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Law 116–171) is amended— 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the Presi-10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | dent’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | National Tragedy of Suicide Task Force’’ and in-12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | serting ‘‘such entities as the Secretary considers ap-13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | propriate’’; and 14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) in subsection (h)(3)(L), by striking ‘‘the 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | a National Tragedy of Suicide Task Force,’’. 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) M |
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| 44 | 44 | | AXIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—Subsection 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c)(2)(A) of such section is amended by striking 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘$750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,250,000’’. 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) M |
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| 48 | 48 | | EASURES ANDMETRICS.—Subsection (h)(2) of 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | such section is amended by adding at the end the following 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | new subparagraph: 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(C) Additional measures and metrics as 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | •S 793 IS |
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| 56 | 56 | | that the measures and metrics described in this 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | paragraph— 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(i) accurately reflect the aims of the 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | grant program under this section; 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(ii) provide accountability to Con-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | gress related to grant funds; and 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘(iii) reflect lessons learned from in-7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | terim reporting on and evaluation of the 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | grant program.’’. 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (d) B |
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| 66 | 66 | | RIEFINGS.—Subsection (h) of such section is 10 |
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| 67 | 67 | | amended by adding at the end the following new para-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | graph: 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(5) B |
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| 70 | 70 | | RIEFING FOR LOCAL VAMCS .—Not less 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | provide, to the appropriate personnel of each medical 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | center of the Department located not more than 100 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | miles from the primary location of a grantee under 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | this section, a briefing about the grant program 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | under this section in order to improve coordination 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | between such grantee and personnel.’’. 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (e) D |
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| 79 | 79 | | URATION.—Subsection (j) of such section is 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | amended by striking ‘‘the date that is three years after 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the date on which the first grant is awarded under this 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | section’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2028’’. 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | •S 793 IS |
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| 86 | 86 | | (f) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (p) of such sec-1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tion is amended by striking ‘‘a total of $174,000,000 for 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | fiscal years 2021 through 2025’’ and inserting 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ‘‘$285,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 through 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | 2028’’. 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (g) E |
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| 92 | 92 | | LIGIBLEINDIVIDUALS.—Subsection (q)(4)(C) 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | of such section is amended by striking ‘‘(iv)’’ and inserting 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(vi)’’. 8 |
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