,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #affh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #g1  
#bjac,mr4 ,bennet introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states report on the impact of certain 
mental and physical trauma on the       
discharge of members of the ,armed      
,forces for misconduct4  #a4            
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states report on impact of certain     
mental and physical trauma on discharges
 from military service for misconduct   
7a7 ,report required ,the ,comptroller  
,general of the ,united ,states shall   
submit to ,congress a report on the     
impact of mental and physical trauma    
relating to ,post ,traumatic ,stress    
,disorder 7,,ptsd71 ,traumatic ,brain   
,injury 7,,tbi71 behavioral health      
matters not related to ,post ,traumatic 
,stress ,disorder1 and other            

neurological combat traumas 7in this    
section referred to as covered traumas7 
on the discharge of members of the      
,armed ,forces from the ,armed ,forces  
for misconduct4  7b7 ,elements ,the     
report required by subsection 7a7 shall 
include the following3 7#a7 ,an         
assessment of the extent to which the   
,armed ,forces have in place processes  
for the consideration of the impact of  
mental and physical trauma relating to  
covered traumas on members of the ,armed
 ,forces who are being considered for   
discharge from the ,armed ,forces for   
misconduct1 including the compliance of 
the ,armed ,forces with such processes  
and mechanisms in the ,department of    
,defense for ensuring the compliance of 
the ,armed ,forces with such processes4 
7#b7 ,an assessment of the extent to    
which the ,armed ,forces provide members
 of the ,armed ,forces1 including       
commanding officers1 junior officers1   
and noncommissioned officers1 training  
on the symptoms of covered traumas and  

the identification of the presence of   
such conditions in members of the ,armed
 ,forces4  7#c7 ,an assessment of the   
extent to which members of the ,armed   
,forces who receive treatment for a     
covered trauma before discharge from the
 ,armed ,forces are later discharged    
from the ,armed ,forces for misconduct4 
7#d7 ,an identification of the number of
 members of the ,armed ,forces          
discharged as described in paragraph    
7#c7 who are ineligible for benefits    
from the ,department of ,veterans       
,affairs based on characterization of   
discharge4  7#e7 ,an assessment of the  
extent to which members of the ,armed   
,forces who accept a discharge from the 
,armed ,forces for misconduct in lieu of
 trial by court-martial are counseled on
 the potential for ineligibility for    
benefits from the ,department of        
,veterans ,affairs as a result of such  
discharge before acceptance of such     
discharge4