S.Amdt. 1545
What it does: Adds SEC. 733. REPORT ON USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER at the end of subtitle D of title VII
Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1390 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 733. REPORT ON USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER at the end of subtitle D of title VII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1390 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(f) Termination.--The Task Force shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the Task Force submits to the Secretary of Defense the report of the Task Force under subsection (c).
Inserted: SEC. 733. REPORT ON USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of using alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
Inserted: (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--
Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1545. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 733. REPORT ON USE OF ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES IN TREATMENT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
(a) In General.--Not later than December 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the feasibility and advisability of using alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 15, 2009