,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #i1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,cramer 7for himself and ,mr4 
,coons7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,veterans ,affairs to give priority in  
the consideration of suicide prevention 
grants to entities located in ,states   
that have not received such a grant1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,every   
,state ,counts for ,veterans ,mental    
,health ,act4  #b4 ,priority for        
,department of ,veterans ,affairs       
suicide prevention grant recipients in  
,states in which a grant has not been   
awarded ,section #bja7;d7 of the        
,commander ,john ,scott ,hannon         
,veterans ,mental ,health ,care         
,improvement ,act of #bjai 7,public ,law
 #aaf-aga2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #agbj;,f note7 
is amended by adding at the end the     

following new paragraph3  7#c7          
,additional priority for ,states that   
have not received a grant  7,a7 ,in     
general ,the ,secretary shall           
prioritizing consideration of any       
eligible entity located in a ,state in  
which an entity has applied but not     
received a grant under this section4    
7,b7 ,scoring preference ,if no entity  
in a particular ,state has received a   
grant under this section1 the ,secretary
 shall give all eligible entities in    
that ,state that apply for such a grant 
a scoring preference until at least one 
grant is awarded to an eligible entity  
in that ,state4  4