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To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress an annual report on suicide among veterans, and for other purposes.

S. 3122 · 116th Congress · Dec 19, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

1. Annual report on suicide among veterans

Section 1720F of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
(2)
by inserting after subsection (j) the following new subsection (k);

“(k) Annual report on suicide among veterans

“(1) Not less frequently than annually, in carrying out the comprehensive program, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on suicide among veterans.

“(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall, for the year covered by the report—

“(A) specify the number of veterans who committed suicide, disaggregated by age, sex, race, and ethnicity; and

“(B) include such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.”