,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cigb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,kildee 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,o',rourke1 and ,mr4 ,moulton7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
direct the ,secretary of ,defense and   
the ,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs to 
more effectively provide mental health  
resources for members of the ,armed     
,forces and veterans at high risk of    
suicide1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,honoring our ,returning ,veterans  
and ,service ,members ,act of #bjae4    
#b4 ,mental health resources for members
 of the ,armed ,forces and veterans  7a7

 ,in ,general ,the ,secretary of        
,defense and the ,secretary of ,veterans
 ,affairs shall more effectively provide
 mental health resources for members of 
the ,armed ,forces and veterans by      
jointly developing a methodology that   
identifies which members of the ,armed  
,forces and veterans are at high risk of
 suicide4  7b7 ,mental ,health          
,resources  7#a7 ,high ,risk ,members of
 the ,armed ,forces ,the ,secretary of  
,defense shall use the results under    
subsection 7c7 to-- 7,a7 identify which 
units have a disproportionately high    
rate of suicide and suicide attempts2   
and  7,b7 provide additional            
preventative and treatment resources for
 mental health for members of the ,armed
 ,forces who were deployed with the     
units identified under subparagraph     
7,a74  7#b7 ,high ,risk ,veterans ,the  
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
use the results under subsection 7c7    
to-- 7,a7 identify which units have a   
disproportionately high rate of suicide 

and suicide attempts2 and  7,b7 provide 
additional preventative and treatment   
resources for mental health for veterans
 who were deployed with the units       
identified under subparagraph 7,a74     
7#c7 ,preventative ,mental ,health ,care
 ,the ,secretary of ,defense shall use  
the results under subsection 7c7 to--   
7,a7 identify the circumstances of      
deployments associated with increased   
vulnerability to suicide1 including the 
length of deployment1 the region and    
area of deployment1 and the nature and  
extent to which there was contact with  
enemy forces2 and  7,b7 provide         
additional preventative mental health   
care to units who currently are1 or will
 be1 deployed under circumstances       
similar to those of subparagraph 7,a74  
7c7 ,methodology ,not later than #f     
months after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense
 and the ,secretary of ,veterans        
,affairs shall jointly develop a        
methodology to assess the following3    

7#a7 ,rate of suicide and suicide       
attempts of members of the ,armed       
,forces ,the ,secretary of ,defense     
shall assess the rate of suicide and    
suicide attempts of members of the      
,armed ,forces of units that have been  
deployed in support of a contingency    
operation after ,september #aa1 #bjja4  
7#b7 ,rate of suicide and suicide       
attempts of veterans ,the ,secretary of 
,veterans ,affairs shall assess the rate
 of suicide and suicide attempts of     
veterans of units that have been        
deployed in support of a contingency    
operation after ,september #aa1 #bjja4  
7d7 ,reports ,on an annual basis1 the   
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
jointly submit to the ,committee on     
,armed ,services of the ,house of       
,representatives1 the ,committee on     
,armed ,services of the ,senate1 the    
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the
 ,house of ,representatives1 and the    
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs of the

 ,senate a report on the activities     
carried out under this section and the  
effectiveness of such activities4  7e7  
,restriction on ,use of ,information    
,information disclosed or obtained      
pursuant to the provisions of this      
section may be used by officers1        
employees1 and contractors of the       
,department of ,defense and the         
,department of ,veterans ,affairs only  
for the purposes of1 and to the extent  
necessary in1 carrying out this section4