II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 3122 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on suicide among vet- erans, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 19, 2019 Ms. MCSALLY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec- retary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on suicide among veterans, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE AMONG VET- 3 ERANS. 4 Section 1720F of title 38, United States Code, is 5 amended— 6 (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub- 7 section (l); and 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:57 Dec 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3122.IS S3122 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3122 IS (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the fol- 1 lowing new subsection (k); 2 ‘‘(k) ANNUAL REPORT ON SUICIDE AMONG VET- 3 ERANS.—(1) Not less frequently than annually, in car- 4 rying out the comprehensive program, the Secretary shall 5 submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen- 6 ate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 7 of Representatives a report on suicide among veterans. 8 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 9 shall, for the year covered by the report— 10 ‘‘(A) specify the number of veterans who com- 11 mitted suicide, disaggregated by age, sex, race, and 12 ethnicity; and 13 ‘‘(B) include such other matters as the Sec- 14 retary considers appropriate.’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:57 Dec 28, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3122.IS S3122 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS