S.Amdt. 3901

SA 3901. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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:

On page 221, line 20, insert “, including the availability of inpatient mental health care” before the period.

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(8) With respect to each military medical treatment facility covered by the study that serves a major training center of the Armed Forces, an assessment whether the Secretary consulted with the appropriate training directorate, training and doctrine command, and forces command of the military department concerned with respect to the frequency of high-tempo, live-fire military operations at such training center.

(9) An assessment of the capacity of each medical facility in the surrounding area of a major training center of the Armed Forces to treat battlefield related injuries, including whether such facility has a helipad capable of receiving medical evacuation airlift patients arriving from the primary evacuation aircraft platform used by such training center.