,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dejd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bh1 #bjad    
,ms4 ,tsongas 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,peters
 of ,california1 and ,mr4 ,carson of    
,indiana7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
improve military readiness by           
establishing programs to consistently   
track1 retain1 and analyze information  
regarding suicides involving members of 
the reserve components of the ,armed    
,forces and suicides involving          
dependents of members of the regular and
 reserve components4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,do,d    
,suicide ,tracking ,act of #bjad4  #b4  
,improved consistency in reserve        
component suicide prevention and        
resilience program  7a7 ,policy for     
standard suicide data collection1       
reporting and assessment ,to improve    
consistency in and oversight of the     
suicide prevention and resilience       

program for the ,national ,guard and    
,reserves established pursuant to       
section #ajbai of title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 the ,secretary of        
,defense shall prescribe a policy for   
the development of a standard method for
 collecting1 reporting1 and assessing   
suicide data and suicide-attempt data   
involving members of the ,national      
,guard and ,reserves4  7b7 ,consultation
 ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall      
develop the policy required by          
subsection 7a7 in consultation with the 
,secretaries of the military            
departments1 the ,chief of the ,national
 ,guard ,bureau1 and the adjutants      
general of the ,states1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,district of ,columbia1 ,guam1 and the  
,virgin ,islands4  7c7 ,submission of   
policy and congressional briefing ,not  
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall submit the policy      
developed under subsection 7a7 to the   

,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives4 ,at the request of the
 committees1 the ,secretary also shall  
brief such committees on the policy and 
the implementation status of the        
standardized suicide data collection1   
reporting and assessment method4  7d7   
,implementation ,the ,secretaries of the
 military departments1 with respect to  
the ,reserves1 and the ,chief of the    
,national ,guard ,bureau and the        
adjutants general1 with respect to the  
,national ,guard1 shall implement the   
policy developed under subsection 7a7   
within #ahj days after the date of the  
submission of the policy under          
subsection 7c74  #c4 ,department of     
,defense suicide prevention program for 
military dependents  7a7 ,program       
required ,as soon as possible after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,defense shall direct the 
,secretary of each military department  
to develop and implement a program to   

track1 retain1 and analyze information  
regarding suicides involving dependents 
of members of the regular and reserve   
components of the ,armed ,forces under  
the jurisdiction of that ,secretary4    
7b7 ,dependent defined ,in this section1
 the term dependent means a person      
described in section #ajgb7b7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 except that1
 in the case of a parent or             
parent-in-law of a member of the ,armed 
,forces1 the income-support requirement 
of subparagraph 7,e7 of such section    
does not apply4