,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bceg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bj1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,murkowski introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
improvements in the consistency of data 
collection1 reporting1 and assessment in
 connection with the suicide prevention 
efforts of the ,department of ,defense4 
#a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,department of ,defense    
,suicide ,tracking ,act of #bjad4  #b4  
,improvement of consistency in          
collection1 reporting1 and assessment of
 data in ,department of ,defense suicide
 prevention efforts  7a7 ,policy for    
standard suicide data collection1       
reporting1 and assessment ,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 ,armed ,forces1 including
 reserve components thereof1 and their  
dependents in order to improve the      
consistency and comprehensiveness of--  
7#a7 the suicide prevention policy      
developed pursuant to section #ehb of   
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7,public   
,law #aab-bci2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajga      
note72 and  7#b7 the suicide prevention 
and resilience program for the ,national
 ,guard and ,reserves established       
pursuant to section #ajbai of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7b7 ,submittal 
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 the committees on the policy and  
the implementation status of a          

standardized suicide data collection1   
reporting1 and assessment method        
pursuant to the policy4  7c7            
,consultation and implementation ,in the
 case of the suicide prevention and     
resilience program for the ,national    
,guard and ,reserves referred to in     
subsection 7a77#b7-- 7#a7 the ,secretary
 shall develop the policy required by   
subsection 7a7 in consultation with the 
,chief of the ,national ,guard ,bureau2 
and  7#b7 the adjutants general of the  
,states1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto   
,rico1 the ,district of ,columbia1      
,guam1 and the ,virgin ,islands shall   
implement the policy within #ahj days   
after the date of the submittal of the  
policy under subsection 7b74  7d7       
,dependent defined ,in this section1 the
 term dependent1 with respect to a      
member of the ,armed ,forces1 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 the member1 the income 

requirements of subparagraph 7,e7 of    
such section do not apply4