To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
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 shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on research related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) The status of all studies and clinical trials that involve treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder conducted by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Inserted: (2) The effectiveness of alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
Inserted: (3) Identification of areas in which the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs may be duplicating studies, programs, or research with respect to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Inserted: (c) 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, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:
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SA 1702. 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 shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on research related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The status of all studies and clinical trials that involve treatments of post-traumatic stress disorder conducted by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(2) The effectiveness of alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
(3) Identification of areas in which the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs may be duplicating studies, programs, or research with respect to post-traumatic stress disorder.
(c) 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, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1702 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1702 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1702 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Landrieu.(consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8011)
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1702 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S8005-8017; text: CR S8011) To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of alternative therapies in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, including the therapeutic use of animals.
July 23, 2009
Amendment SA 1702 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
July 23, 2009
Senate amendment submitted
July 22, 2009